Matt Weston: Victory gives Briton lead in men’s skeleton World Cup
Great Britain’s Matt Weston won the sixth race of the Men’s Steel World Cup season to take the overall lead in the competition.
Weston was just 0.04 seconds ahead of Austria’s Samuel Maier at the end of the first run before winning by 0.62 seconds in Winterberg, Germany.
Weston overtook British teammate Marcus Wyatt to move to the top of the overall standings after finishing eighth at Winterberg.
Germany’s Christoph Grosser won the first four games of the tournament but dropped to third after not competing in December’s race in Latvia and finishing third on Friday.
British athlete Lawrence Bostock finished 16th, 2.16 seconds behind Weston.
Weston last year became the first Briton to win the honour. win men’s world cup After 16 years, he will try to defend his title in the remaining races of the season in St. Moritz (Switzerland) and Lillehammer (Norway).
The title is won by the athlete with the most points in eight World Cup races.
Freya Tarbit, Amelia Coltman and Tabitha Stoecker will represent Great Britain in the women’s competition later on Friday. Currently, the three are ranked fourth, sixth and seventh respectively.
