Britain won the first Olympic mixed skeleton title with Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker taking gold in Milan Cortina.

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Janine Flock finished the job, and a gold medal finally sways from her neck. The Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships got the biggest win of her long and legendary career on Saturday night.

The first-ever skeleton mixed team event had a surprising performance from the Americans. Here's how they did. (AP Photo)

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Austrian Janine Flock finally wrapped up Olympic women's skeleton gold aged 36 on Saturday, eight years after throwing away victory and four years after struggling badly. "I can’t believe it, it doesn’t feel real right now.

Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov — the owner of the Shakhtar Donetsk soccer club and the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol — gave the money to Heraskevych from his charity foundation. The amount is equal to what the country’s Olympic gold medalists would get.

Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in an event he was expected to medal in

Two-time Winter Olympic gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold hopes Team GB’s Skeleton success at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games inspires people in Portsmouth to dream big.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was "proud" of Vladylsav Heraskevych, adding, "Having courage is worth more than any medal."

Supporters packed The Crab Barn early Friday morning for a watch party cheering on Olympic skeleton athlete Mystique Ro as she competed on the world stage.