British Athletes Stoecker and Wyatt Claim Mixed Skeleton World Cup Gold

Tabby Stoecker and Marcus Wyatt of Great Britain commenced their skeleton season with a significant victory, securing World Cup gold in the mixed team skeleton event held in Germany. The British pair recorded a combined time of two minutes 1.19 seconds, which was 0.37 seconds quicker than the second-place finishers, Americans Austin Florian and Sara Roderick. The German duo Christopher Grotheer and Susanne Kreher claimed third position. Furthermore, Stoecker and Wyatt achieved the fastest times in their individual runs within their respective categories during the competition in Altenberg on Friday. They are slated to participate jointly in three additional World Cup mixed team races throughout the current season. This discipline is set to be introduced as an Olympic event at the 2026 Winter Games, which will take place in Milan-Cortina. In the men’s skeleton event, British athlete Matt Weston secured second place, while Wyatt earned third, both trailing Olympic champion Grotheer. Weston’s combined time across his two runs placed him 0.03 seconds shy of the gold medal. He narrowly surpassed Wyatt for the silver medal by a margin of just one-hundredth of a second. Amelia Coltman, representing Great Britain, placed sixth in the women’s event. This competition was shortened to a single run due to unfavorable weather conditions. The following day, Saturday, British competitors Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence secured fourth place on the identical Altenberg track during the inaugural race of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh season. German teams dominated the podium, sweeping all three medals. Reigning champion Francesco Friedrich achieved victory with a time of 1 minute 48.67 seconds, surpassing Hall’s combined time for his two runs by 1.17 seconds. Johannes Lochner secured the silver medal, and Adam Ammour earned the bronze.