Finally, it’s Flock! Austrian wins the Olympic women’s skeleton gold, avenging some near-misses

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.

Flock, 36, finally banishes demons with Olympic skeleton gold

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.

Weston gets his 1st Olympic skeleton gold medal

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A very focused Matt Weston of Britain has midpoint lead in Olympic skeleton, with Heraskevych out
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Here's an idea of how focused Britain's Matt Weston is on winning Olympic gold. When the World Cup champion and Olympic favorite showed up at the track for the start of the men's skeleton on Thursday,

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Weston gets his 1st Olympic skeleton gold medal, in race where Heraskevych was DQ'ed before start
Team GB's Matt Weston gets his 1st Olympic skeleton gold medal

Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work?

Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work? - Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport

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2026 Winter Olympics: Ukraine skeleton racer banned for wearing helmet honoring victims of war
Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in an event he was expected to medal in

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Ukrainian Skeleton Racer Vladyslav Heraskevych Loses Appeal in Olympic ‘Helmet of Memory' Dispute
Ukrainian athlete’s ban from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images is upheld

Noelle Pikus Pace talks 2026 Olympics and the skeleton controversy that cost an American a spot in the Games

The Olympic silver medalist shared the athletes she's most excited to watch and reflected on the thrill of skeleton.
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What to know about the all-new skeleton mixed team event

(L to R) Axel Jungk, Jacqueline Pfeifer (GER), Marcus Wyatt, Tabitha Stoecker (GBR), Janine Flock and Samuel Meier (AUT) stand on the podium after a skeleton mixed team race at Cortina Sliding Centre on Nov. 21, 2025.

Ranking all Winter Olympic sports by how scary they really are

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,

Who is Matt Weston’s fiancee Alex? Winter Olympic skeleton star getting married after Games

BRITISH skeleton racer Matt Weston won gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics. And it’s also going well off the ice for the 28-year-old as he will be marrying his fiancée Alex in July. Who is Matt
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Cheers for Olympic skeleton athlete with Delaware ties

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.