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Olympics Skeleton Women’s Final medal results: Great Britain dominates

By Mike Dyce

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Gold medal winner Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain and bronze medalist Laura Deas of Great Britain celebrate following the Women's Skeleton on day eight of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Olympic Sliding Centre on February 17, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Gold medal winner Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain and bronze medalist Laura Deas of Great Britain celebrate following the Women's Skeleton on day eight of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Olympic Sliding Centre on February 17, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /
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Great Britain came from behind to win two medals, gold and bronze, in the women’s skeleton at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Germany dominated the luge, but skeleton belongs to Great Britain. After two events in the sport handing out six medals, Great Britain is walking away with three of them. Out of the four medals Great Britain has won at the 2018 Winter Olympics, three of them are from skeleton.

But it wasn’t easy.

Heading into the final two runs on Saturday, 2014 Sochi Games gold medalist Lizzy Yarnold sat in third and Laura Deas in fourth. And on the fourth and final run, Yarnold still needed to dig deep for a course record to win gold.

In the third run, the first on Saturday, Jacqueline Lölling hit the wall in the treacherous ninth turn and ceded first place to Austria’s Janine Flock. In the fourth run, Flock dropped off the podium and Yarnold’s teammate Deas was able to move into third place behind Lölling.

And it was a historic gold because Yarnold became the first rider to win back-to-back golds in skeleton Olympic history. Yarnold also became the first athlete from Great Britain to win back-to-back gold medals in any Winter Olympics event. Yarnold also became the first women’s skeleton rider to win two medals.

American Kate Uhlaneder, who finished fourth at the 2014 Sochi Games narrowly missing the podium, finished in 13th. Team USA’s Kendall Wesenberg finished in 17th. Neither wrecked or made a crucial mistake that affected their ability to contend for a medal, the duo was just unable to find the right line on the course to be in a position to win.

MEDAL RESULT | Skeleton - Women's

Lizzy Yarnold

Jacqueline Lölling

Laura Deas

Full results:

  1. GBR, Lizzy Yarnold 3:27.28
  2. GER, Jacqueline Lölling 3:27.73
  3. GBR, Laura Deas 3:27.90
  4. AUT, Janine Flock 3:27.92
  5. GER, Tina Hermann 3:27.98
  6. GER, Anna Fernstaedt 3:28.04
  7. LAT, Lelde Priedulena, 3:28.49
  8. NED, Kimberley Bos, 3:28.49
  9. CAN, Elizabeth Vathje, 3:28.65
  10. CAN, Jane Channell 3:29.07
  11. SUI, Marina Gilardoni 3:29.43
  12. CAN, Mirela Rahneva 3:29.52
  13. USA, Kate Uhlaneder 3:29.61
  14. BEL, Kim Meylemans 3:29.70
  15. KOR, Sophia Jeong 3:29.89
  16. AUS, Jackie Narracott 3:30.73
  17. USA, Kendall Wesenberg 3:30.92
  18. ROU, Maria Marinela Mazilu, 3:33.92
  19. JPN, Takako Oguchi 3:33.96

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