Skeleton World Cup: Great Britain’s Amelia Coltman wins women’s gold in Pyeongchang
Britain’s Amelia Coltman made the most of track conditions to win women’s steel cycling gold at the opening race of the World Cup series in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The 28-year-old had never finished higher than fourth in a World Cup event before, but after finishing 15th in the first run, she set the second-fastest time in the second run, In the end, he won with a total time of 1 minute 48.41 seconds.
She was 1.22 seconds behind Austria’s Janine Flock, the leader after the first heat, but as temperatures rose and Koltmann’s track slowed after her second heat, the early leader was unable to match her time. .
Flock finished second, 0.08 seconds behind, while Brazil’s Nicole Rocha Silveira, ranked 13th after the first round, unexpectedly took bronze.
Britain’s Freya Tarbit finished fourth, 0.02 seconds off the medal, while teammate Tabitha Stoecker dropped from third to 18th after the opening run. name.
Great Britain have three players – reigning World Cup champion Matt Weston, European champion Marcus Wyatt and Craig Thompson – set to take part in the men’s World Cup kickoff, which starts at 11:00 GMT on Saturday war.
