"Great Britain had their greatest day at a Winter Olympics, after Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker won gold in the mixed team skeleton in a combined time of 1min 59.35sec. It was the British team's second gold medal in the space of just a few hours, following the victory by Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale in the mixed team snowboard cross earlier in the afternoon."
"The mixed team event is new for the Olympics. The fastest men and women from each country are paired together, and race the track back-to-back for a combined time. The key difference from the regular event is that it uses a reaction start in which the clock starts running as soon as the start lights randomly switch off. There is a time penalty for a false start, which happened to both the Italian and Austrian teams."
Great Britain achieved its best Winter Olympics day as Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker won gold in the mixed team skeleton with a combined time of 1min 59.35sec. The victory followed a British gold in the mixed team snowboard cross by Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale earlier the same day. Weston became the first British athlete to win two medals at the same Winter Games and the second Team GB athlete, after Lizzy Yarnold, to win two winter Olympic golds in a career. Weston's final run of 58.59sec overcame mistakes by Stoecker and overtook the German pair. The mixed team event uses a reaction start and penalizes false starts.
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