Lizzy Yarnold claims skeleton gold for Team GB at Olympiad with Laura Deas taking bronze

Lizzy Yarnold claims skeleton gold for Team GB at Olympiad with Laura Deas taking bronze

Lizzy Yarnold claims skeleton gold for Team GB at Olympiad with Laura Deas taking bronze

Lizzy Yarnold defended her Winter Olympic skeleton title in sensational fashion with a memoir on her final run in Pyeongchang.

Yarnold stormed down the Olympic slippery Centre track in fifty one.46 seconds, beating the memoir she assail Friday, then watched third-run leader Janine Flock create a large number of her final run.

Flock's disappointment was combined as she born out of the medals utterly, that means a second British award with Laura Deas claiming bronze.

Deas had taken the lead on her final run, however was narrowly overtaken by Germany's Jacqueline lounging, whose powerful end concisely took her into high spot.

But Lolling's additive time was no match for Yarnold, UN agency found time at the beginning and continuing to create a lot of ground throughout her final slide, whereas creating no obvious mistakes.

That left Flock as Yarnold's sole competition for gold, however the Austrian got off to a slow begin and wasn't creating up any time once she had a tough hit midway down the track.

Yarnold's additive time was zero.45s faster than lounging with Deas an extra zero.17s behind within the laurel wreath place.

"I'm swamped and exhausted. i do not very knowledge it happened," Yarnold aforesaid.

"After the primary run i used to ben't positive whether or not i used to be planning to be ready to end the race as a result of my chest infection was therefore unhealthy I was troubled to breathe and that i got in solely with the assistance of my team.

"My physio Louise simply gave ME a rebuke before run 2 (on Saturday) and jogged my memory that I will bang and that we will bang along.

"I guess four years past, 3 years past the full team all dared to dream that this was attainable and that i simply we tend tont with all them (and) we managed it."

Great kingdom have currently won the last 3 women's skeleton golds, with Yarnold preceded by Amy Williams, UN agency was the victor in Vancouver eight years past.