Nice Britain’s Matt Weston secured back-to-back titles on the skeleton World Cup as team-mate Marcus Wyatt took second.
Weston solely completed eighth within the season’s closing race in Lillehammer, Norway, nevertheless it was sufficient for the 27-year-old to defend his total title with 1640 factors.
Olympic champion Christopher Grotheer, of Germany, completed third within the total desk behind Wyatt, who scored 1557 factors.
In the meantime, Briton’s Amelia Coltman claimed World Cup bronze within the girls’s skeleton earlier than becoming a member of forces with Wyatt on Saturday to steer GB to combined crew gold.
Weston grew to become the third Briton after Alex Coomber (2000, 2001 and 2002) and Kristan Bromley (2004 and 2008) to say a number of World Cup titles.
“I do not suppose what I’ve achieved this season and over the previous few years has sunk in but and it in all probability will not till I retire,” Weston stated.
“To have British athletes ranked primary and two on the earth after we do not even have an ice observe within the UK is wonderful actually.”
Wins at Winterberg and St Moritz final month meant that Weston solely wanted to complete within the high 15 within the season finale to safe successive World Cup crowns.
China’s Lin Qinwei took the gold in Lillehammer with Samuel Maier ending second and Wyatt taking third for his fifth medal of the season.
In the meantime, it was the one time Weston didn’t end on the rostrum through the eight-race season.
“We could not actually ask for greater than GB being one and two on the earth – you may’t argue with that,” stated Wyatt.
Weston grew to become the primary Briton in 16 years to win the general males’s World Cup title in St Mortiz final 12 months.
