Lizzy Yarnold claimed Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Sochi Games when the ice-cool 25-year-old won the women’s skeleton. It is the second Olympic skeleton title in a row for Great Britain after Amy Williams won gold in Vancouver 2010.
She took victory by 0.97 seconds over 31-year-old American Noelle Pikus-Pace who secured silver in her final slide of her career while Russian Elena Nikitina thrilled the home support with bronze. British women have won skeleton medals at every Games since their event was introduced to the Olympic programme in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
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