Matt Weston has made history by becoming the first British man to win three Overall World Cup Skeleton titles after successfully defending his crown in Altenberg. His teammate Marcus Wyatt capped off the circuit with a victory in the final race on Friday, highlighting a stellar season for British Skeleton.
Weston, 29, who trains at the University of Bath, matched the legendary Kristan Bromley’s record of two career World Cup wins last year and has now equalled Alex Coomber’s record in the women’s discipline by claiming his third consecutive overall title, having first won in 2024. Over the course of the seven-race World Cup season, Weston amassed an impressive points lead of 217 after securing joint second place in Germany in the final race.
His season record boasts five wins and two second-place finishes, with Marcus Wyatt standing as the sole competitor to defeat him during the campaign. Wyatt, who also won the second Sigulda competition last month, secured victory in Friday’s Altenberg race. Great Britain made history by becoming the only nation to win every single World Cup race in a season across either men’s or women’s skeleton.
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Wyatt finished with a total two-run time of 1 minute 50.47 seconds in Altenberg, narrowly beating Weston by 0.18 seconds. The race concluded with an extraordinary three-way tie for second place alongside Germany’s 2022 Olympic Champion Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk, all sharing the podium.
Wyatt completed the World Cup season in third place overall, marking his third podium finish in four seasons with bronze added to his past silver and bronze medals from previous years. China’s Zheng Yin claimed the overall silver medal.
Before this Olympic cycle, Britain had only once featured two sliders on the same Overall World Cup podium, thanks to Lizzy Yarnold’s gold and Shelley Rudman’s bronze in 2014. Remarkably, Weston and Wyatt have now achieved this feat three times, underscoring the depth of British talent in skeleton racing.
The British Skeleton team’s extraordinary season was further highlighted by their victory in the mixed team event on Friday night, using the new reaction start system that will debut at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The GB 1 team finished top after four races, securing four medals in one day: Weston’s men’s gold, Wyatt’s men’s bronze, and Tabby Stoecker’s women’s bronze.
This mixed team event pairs one male and one female slider, combining their single runs for a team time. The GB1 and GB2 teams vary their line-ups throughout the season, adapting to each race. In Germany, the GB1 team of Freya Tarbit and Marcus Wyatt placed fifth, replicating Wyatt and Amelia Coltman’s fifth-place finish in St Moritz the previous week. Wyatt also clinched gold in both Cortina and Lillehammer races with Stoecker on the team.
Ultimately, GB1 topped the team standings with 818 points, outscoring Germany 1 by 40 points and USA 1 by eight points in the inaugural team competition rankings.
Following this incredible World Cup season, the British Skeleton squad will return home briefly before gearing up for the high-profile Olympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina, set for February.