Skeleton World Cup: Great Britain’s Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman win golds

Freya Tarbit claimed her first top-tier medal with Britain’s second World Cup gold of the weekend at the women’s skeleton series opener in Pyeongchang.

It follows team-mate Amelia Coltman’s victory in Saturday’s race one in South Korea in which Tarbit finished fourth, 0.02 seconds off a medal.

Tarbit, 24, was competing in only her 11th World Cup race on Sunday but led after the first run and consolidated her advantage in the second, finishing in one minute 44.68 seconds – 0.96 secs clear of Olympic champion Hannah Neise of Germany.

Experienced Austrian Janine Flock was third, adding to her silver on Saturday, while Briton Tabby Stoecker was fifth and Coltman 19th.

In Sunday’s men’s race, Marcus Wyatt and Matt Weston, who won the overall title last season, clinched their second silver and bronze medals of the weekend, finishing behind Germany’s Christopher Grotheer for the second day in a row.