Olympic, Skeleton and Winter Games
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Skeleton is one of the many sports at the Winter Olympics where a helmet can come in very handy while competing. A number of the athletes who got the
Britain won the first Olympic mixed skeleton title with Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker taking gold in Milan Cortina.
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Double Olympic skeleton champion Matt Weston is one of the most articulate athletes you could ever meet but, even five days on from becoming the only Briton to win two medals at the same Winter Olympics,
Britain's Tabby Stoecker could not emulate team-mate Matt Weston as she finished out of the medals in the women's skeleton competition at the Cortina Sliding Centre.
Skeleton remains Britain’s most successful Winter Olympic discipline, now with 11 medals – three more than any other sport – after Weston and Stoecker’s efforts.
A Ukrainian skeleton racer has been banned from competing at the Winter Olympics after wearing a helmet honoring athletes who have died in the Ukraine War. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) set out its reasoning in a lengthy statement this morning after Vladyslav Heraskevych had questioned whether “this is the price of our dignity” on
After being disqualified from the Olympics, skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to raise funds for the families of the fallen Ukrainians painted on his helmet.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was "proud" of Vladylsav Heraskevych, adding, "Having courage is worth more than any medal."
The family of double Winter Olympic gold medallist Matt Weston said they hoped to spend time with him and "let it all sink in" as they greeted him on his return home. Weston's brother Ed and fiancée Alex Howard-Jones met the skeleton star and the rest of Team GB as they arrived home at Gatwick Airport on Monday morning.