Winter Olympics hero Matt Weston out to make history by securing ‘bling’ gold medal double

Matt Weston is relishing the chance to make British Olympic history by becoming the first athlete to win two gold medals at the same Winter Games.

The 29-year-old demolished the opposition in the men’s skeleton in Cortina on Friday evening, winning by a margin of 0.88seconds from Axel Jungk to become the first British man to win gold in the discipline.

Weston now has the chance to write his name into the record books in the mixed team competition on Sunday, as he will partner up with one of Britain’s three female skeleton athletes – Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit or Amelia Coleman – in a relay event which will also feature Marcus Wyatt, who finished ninth in the men’s competition.

“I think doing the individual is one thing, it’s an amazing position to be in, the fact that I’m here with a gold medal in front of me on the table, it feels absolutely amazing,” Weston said.

“But the chance to be a double Olympic champion – I think we do have a pretty good chance as well.

“The girls are some extremely fast starters, so that really, really helps in the team event.

“I think we’re going to be one of the strongest set of teams out there, and I think we can definitely take it to the rest of the nations, and hopefully come back with a few more bits of bling.”

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