GB’s Weston wins second straight skeleton World Cup gold

Great Britain’s Matt Weston has continued his winning start to the Olympic season with another World Cup skeleton gold.

After winning in Cortina last month, the two-time world champion made it two wins from two races in Lillehammer on Friday.

Weston, who missed pre-season sliding with a thigh injury, finished 0.05 seconds clear of 2022 Olympic silver medalist Axel Jungk of Germany, with South Korea’s Jung Seung-gi third.

The 28-year-old Briton has now won five of the past six races across World Cup and World Championship competition, stretching back to the World Cup meeting in Winterberg in January.

“It’s another really good win at a time of the season that I didn’t expect to be challenging for gold medals,” said Weston, who has won the past two overall World Cup titles.

“It was a really tough summer with the injury, and I’m still not fully fit, so to have won the first two races is a big boost in what we all know is a huge season.

“We’ve got a big week ahead now with the double header in Sigulda, but I feel like I’m heading towards Christmas in a really good place.”

Team-mate Marcus Wyatt finished seventh in Norway while Jacob Salisbury was 14th.

The circuit continues with a double race week in Sigulda, Latvia, next Thursday and Friday.