"The 28-year-old broke the track record at the Cortina Sliding Centre four times in the space of four races, and won in a final combined time of 3min 43.33sec, almost a full second ahead of the runner-up, Germany's Axel Jungk. Weston is the first British man ever to win the Olympic skeleton title. And he did it all despite starting the year with a four-inch tear in his right quad that meant he had to miss pre-season training."
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Matt Weston won the men's skeleton gold at Cortina with a combined time of 3min 43.33sec, nearly one second ahead of Germany's Axel Jungk. The 28-year-old broke the Cortina track record in each of his four runs across two days. Weston is the first British man to win Olympic skeleton and adds to multiple titles including two European, two world and three World Cup championships. He began the year recovering from a four-inch tear in his right quadriceps that forced him to miss pre-season training. Britain's investment in the sport since the early 2000s has produced eight of the country's ten Olympic skeleton medals.
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