Matt Weston wins gold in skeleton, Team GB's first Winter Olympics medal

British athlete Matt Weston has won gold in skeleton at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, finishing with a time of 3 minutes 43.33 seconds. He edged out German Axel Jungk by just under a second.

The 28-year-old Weston set the track record at the Cortina Sliding Centre four times during the four-day competition. He becomes the first British man to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics since 1980.

Weston, nicknamed 'Captain 110%' by his teammates, had to skip pre-season training due to a four-inch tear in his right thigh.