Weston and Stoecker strike gold to cap GB’s greatest day at Winter Olympics
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British pair triumph in mixed team skeleton event
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Bankes and Nightingale win mixed snowboard cross
The Games organisers had only just given Matt Weston the box for the medal he won on Friday night. He had been keeping it stashed in a spare sock in his top drawer since the moment he took it off that evening. As soon as it is out, he has a second one to put back in its place.
The 28-year-old Weston became the first British athlete in history to win two medals at a single Winter Olympics, after he and his 25‑year‑old teammate Tabitha Stoecker won the inaugural Olympic mixed team skeleton race in a combined time of 1min 59.36sec, 0.17sec ahead of the German pair of Axel Jungk and Susanne Kreher.