'The man to beat!' - GB's Weston smashes track record to lead skeleton
Matt Weston underlined his status as the world's best skeleton pilot by setting the track record on his way to taking a significant halfway lead at the Winter Olympics.
The two-time world champion - Team GB's biggest medal hope in Milan-Cortina -put down a statement second run to open an advantage of 0.30 seconds over the field, with two medal-deciding runs to come on Friday.
Weston was the only slider under 56 seconds as he clocked 55.88secs in heat two, to add to his 56.21secs in run one on the new Cortina sliding track.
After a frustrating opening run, which began with a costly bump against the wall near the top of the track, Weston was clearly disgruntled with his performance.
