Two Golds Before Tea: Britain's Best Ever Winter Olympics Day


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Two Golds Before Tea: Britain's Best Ever Winter Olympics Day


It does not get much better than this for British winter sport.

Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker won gold in the mixed team skeleton on Sunday, capping off a day that will be talked about for years to come. Weston, who had already taken the men's skeleton title earlier in the Games, became the first Briton ever to win two gold medals at a single Winter Olympics — a remarkable feat by any measure.

The pair had some ground to make up going into the final run, but Weston produced something special when it mattered most, tearing down the track to overturn the deficit and pip the Germans to the top step of the podium.

It was the second gold of the day for Team GB. Snowboarders Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale had earlier stormed to victory in the mixed snowboard cross, setting the tone for what turned into an extraordinary afternoon. Three gold medals in total from these Games — a new record for Britain at a Winter Olympics.

For a country that has historically punched well below its weight in winter sport, this feels like a genuine shift. The skeleton programme in particular has quietly built something impressive, and Sunday was the day it announced itself to the world.

Fans watching back home were treated to one of those rare days when everything goes right. Weston's final run was described as "Superman-like" by commentators — and honestly, it is hard to argue with that.


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