BEIJING (AP) Hannah Neise has never won a World Cup medal. Or a medal at the world championships. Or a medal from the European championships. She’s got an Olympic medal now. And it’s the one that everybody wants. Skeleton has a new champion, and she was a bit of a surprise winner. Neise, the 21-year-old who won the junior world title last year, became the first German woman to capture the gold medal in Olympic skeleton by rallying in the final two heats at the Beijing Games on Saturday.
Jaclyn Narracott has secured Australia’s fourth medal of a record Winter Olympics haul with the run of her life in the women’s skeleton event. Born in Brisbane, the 31-year old claimed the country’s first ever medal in a sliding sport, claiming silver in one of the world’s most dangerous sports in a simply incredible effort. […]
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