Nice Britain’s Matt Weston has continued his profitable begin to the Olympic season with one other World Cup skeleton gold, whereas fellow Briton Tabby Stoecker claimed silver within the ladies’s occasion.

After profitable in Cortina final month, two-time world champion Weston made it two wins from two races in Lillehammer on Friday.

Weston, who missed pre-season sliding with a thigh harm, completed 0.05 seconds away from 2022 Olympic silver medalist Axel Jungk of Germany, with South Korea’s Jung Seung-gi third.

The 28-year-old Briton has now gained 5 of the previous six races throughout World Cup and World Championship competitors, stretching again to the World Cup assembly in Winterberg in January.

“It is one other actually good win at a time of the season that I did not count on to be difficult for gold medals,” mentioned Weston, who has gained the previous two general World Cup titles.

“It was a extremely powerful summer season with the harm, and I am nonetheless not absolutely match, so to have gained the primary two races is a giant enhance in what everyone knows is a large season.

“We have a giant week forward now with the double header in Sigulda, however I really feel like I am heading in direction of Christmas in a extremely good place.”

Workforce-mate Marcus Wyatt completed seventh in Norway whereas Jacob Salisbury was 14th.

Stoecker, 25, secured the third particular person World Cup medal of her profession as her two-run time of 1 minute 44.49 seconds noticed her end second, 0.18 seconds behind Austria’s Janine Flock, the reigning general World Cup champion.

Belgium’s European champion, Kim Meylemans, took bronze, with Germany’s Jacqueline Pfeifer fourth and Britain’s Freya Tarbit fifth.

Tarbit was three tenths of a second away from what would have been the third World Cup medal of her personal profession, following gold in PyeongChang and bronze in Beijing final season, as she clocked a mixed time of 1:44.86.

Britain’s Amelia Coltman got here 14th after clocking 1:45.29 on the observe the place she gained European Championship sliver final season.

British duo Stoecker and Wyatt additionally gained gold within the skeleton combined workforce race as they edged out world champions Mystique Ro and Austin Florian of the USA.

Stoecker and Wyatt set a brand new observe file in Lillehammer with a time of 1:49.33 within the self-discipline, which is able to make its debut at subsequent yr’s Winter Olympics.

The circuit continues with a double race week in Sigulda, Latvia, subsequent Thursday and Friday.

There are then three extra rounds in 2026 earlier than the Winter Olympics happen in Milan and Cortina from 6-22 February.