Britain’s Weston takes skeleton world title as Mystique Ro wins rare US medal
by Guardian sport and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6VS4Y)
- Weston wins second world title by near-record margin
- Ro, 30, earns first US medal in skeleton since 2013
For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, finally, she has gold.
Bos is the new world champion of her sport, turning in the fastest times in Friday's final two runs in Lake Placid to win the title at Mount Van Hoevenberg - the fifth different woman to win the season's biggest skeleton race in the last five years.
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