Olympics-Australia hails record Winter Games medal haul after surprise skeleton success
By Ian Ransom
Scotty James Sport News
Australia hails record Winter Games medal haul after surprise skeleton success
Australia's Olympic delegation bathed in pride on Sunday as the country hailed a record Winter Games medal haul for their team and an unlikely hero in skeleton racer Jackie Narracott.
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Australia on the cusp of best ever Olympic Winter Games medal haul
The three medals are already an improvement on PyeongChang 2018, where the team went home with two silvers and a bronze and are on target to add more to their tally before the end of the showpiece on Sunday, 20 February. Should they add more to their collection, the class of 2022 may eclipse their most successful Winter Olympics at Vancouver 2010, where they won two gold and one silver medal.
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