Matt Weston lands first win of 2023/24 Skeleton World Cup season with a superb victory in Innsbruck

BySportsbeat

Published 15/12/2023 at 14:14 GMT

Britain's Matt Weston held off the challenge of Jung Seung-gi in Innsbruck to secure his first win of the 2023/24 Skeleton World Cup season in Innsbruck, finishing 0.15 seconds clear of his rival. Felix Keisinger won bronze, while Craig Thompson just missed out on making it two Brits on the podium, finishing five-tenths of a second behind the German.

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Matt Weston opened his account for the 2023/24 Skeleton World Cup season with a superb victory in Innsbruck.

The reigning world and European champion led at the halfway stage and produced a storming second run to finish 0.15 seconds clear of Korea's Jung Seung-gi.

Weston took silver in La Plagne last time out but went one better in style in the third World Cup event of the season to close the gap on overall leader Jung.

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Felix Keisinger claimed bronze with Craig Thompson narrowly missing out on making it two Brits on the podium, finishing five-tenths of a second behind the German.

Marcus Wyatt, who claimed bronze in La Plagne, finished ninth on this occasion. Weston, Thompson and Wyatt now sit third, fourth and fifth respectively in the overall standings following impressive starts to the campaign.

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