Hermann slides to overall World Cup glory

Germany's Tina Hermann slid to a first overall World Cup gold in seven years during a highly contested season finale in Latvia. The 30-year-old pipped Britain's Laura Deas to gold in the final race of the season to grab her first overall title since 2016.

Ad Hermann finished 0.05 seconds ahead of Deas in a combined time of 1:43.65 with Belgium's Kim Meylemans grabbing bronze. SkeletonWeston grabs historic seventh medal for overall World Cup silver4 HOURS AGO A helter-skelter second run saw two athletes drop out of medal contention as Meylemans moved up from fifth to third whilst Deas leapfrogged her teammate Brogan Crowley, who dropped to eighth.

Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Kimberley Bos jumped from eighth to fourth in her second run, narrowly missing out on a podium but holding onto overall silver. SkeletonWeston faultless again with third consecutive World Cup gold10/02/2023 AT 18:45 SkeletonWeston caps memorable weekend as Britain bag two team medals in St.