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We heard earlier on from Dom Parsons' parents Judith and David and Nick Hope has caught up with them again.

“This will mean the world to him, he has dedicated himself to this for so many years,” says mum Judith." Dad (David) is fighting back the tears and says “I thought he’d lost it!”

“It’s such a brilliant achievement, the first time he’s beaten Dukurs and I’m sure it’ll be the first of many.”

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It has taken 70 years, but Britain has won another medal in the men's skeleton.

Watch how Dom Parsons takes skeleton bronze in dramatic fashion and goes from despair to delight to win Team GB's first medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Despite finishing last in the men's skeleton Ghana's Akwasi Frimpong wins the hearts of the fans in Pyeongchang and celebrates the end of his Winter Olympics with a dance.

Watch Frimpong display some great moves with our video here.

Mark B: The men’s skeleton finals has made working nights a whole lot easier.

David Shaw: Going to sleep now after an epic males Skeleton final alarm is set for 11am so I can cheer on the two British ladies in the Skeleton where I honestly think we will get gold

Andy the Photo Dr: Can’t believe I’ve stayed awake to watch 30 guys slide down a big ice flume on tea trays and be thoroughly engrossed by it well done @domparsons, external

Mark Whittaker: Brilliant Bronze medal for @domparsons, external in the #skeleton, external ! Great result and four great runs! I need to lie down now. Though not on my belly, travelling at silly speeds head first down a mountain!

Mike Hay, Team GB Chef de Mission, has also been talking to BBC Sport. He said: "Incredible. You're watching the clock and Martins Dukurs is such a consistent slider.

"Great credit to Dom, what a fantastic four runs he's put together and credit to the team behind him as well. Andi Schmid has been there since 2002 and they've won a medal at every Games.

"We always thought Dom could be competitive. This was really needed to start the team off, someone who wasn't expected to medal.

"Preparation is huge but you have to give the team credit. There's been a lot made about the suits but its all about the athletes. Team GB have had a slow start, I admit that, but we've got a medal target to hit."

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BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Away from the sliding centre, Britain's Zoe Gillings-Brier hasn't been able to progress to the semi-finals of the snowboard cross.

The 32-year-old from the Isle of Man, who is a four-time Olympian, finished fourth in the first heat of the knockouts, and only to top three go through.

She will, however, have the chance to progress to the small final with the other fourth to sixth placed athletes in the heats

Skeleton bronze medallist Dom Parsons tells BBC Sport: "It hasn't really sunk in yet. I thought I'd lost it after that fourth run, it felt like it'd had gone. But Martins Dukurs has made some more mistakes and he's the last person I'd expect that from

"It's been great, all the work we've put in has paid off.

"Most people haven't had many runs on this track, even the Koreans. My coach has also drummed in the importance of track walks. At World Cups, most days after training I'd be walking down the track again."

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We have Dom Parsons talking to BBC One right now, he has a huge smile on his face, just as you would expect. Live on BBC One now.

And these are the top three, proudly holding their cuddly toys. Yun Sungbin stormed to the gold, while Nikita Tregubov finished two hundredths of a second in front of Great Britain's Dom Parsons.

So we have our first mini presentation ceremony. Dom Parsons is not picking up his medal, that comes later, but he gets some flowers and a cuddly toy. Yes, really.

Amy Williams
Olympic gold medallist skeleton racer on BBC TV

Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas will have watched this, I'm guessing, in their rooms. To know your team-mate has got a medal is an awesome feeling, it's a medal for your team and your nation and that is going to spur them on.

Those girls have had an incredible week's training. They put down the fastest runs in training and they both want to come out, and have the skills, knowledge and experience, to bring home medals.

Nothing is impossible at the Olympic Games.

BBC commentator Matthew Pinsent is no stranger to Olympic drama, summer rather than winter, and is loving what he has been watching.

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That is Great Britain's first medal in the men's skeleton since 1948.

Messages of congratulations are pouring out for Dom Parsons, including from his Team GB team-mates.

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Amy Williams
Olympic gold medallist skeleton racer on BBC TV

We have a bronze medal from Dom Parsons. The camp is going to be ecstatic.

Dom's aim was to get a medal, no one though that was possible, but he's loved this track from the moment these Games started.

I never thought the Dukurs brothers would be fourth and fifth in these Olympics.

Daryl Jones: What a roller coaster of feelings - wow, well done Dom #WinterOlympics, external#bbcolympics, external I need a cup of tea to relax

Tom Catchpole: Yes Dom Parsons! Makes my insomnia worth it

Matthew Donachie: I was about to cry for @domparsons, external being only 0.2 seconds from a guaranteed medal...and then a mistake leads to him gaining the Bronze in the Skeleton and GB's first medal of #PyeongChang2018, external! Absolutely deserved, GO #TEAMGB, external!

Paul Raymond: Ok who else screamed when @domparsons, external secured that medal

Us Paul, us...

Great Britain have their first medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A bronze medal for Dom Parsons, who was only two hundredths of a second behind Nikita Tregubov, an Olympic Athlete From Russia, in silver.

Parsons was upset, thinking he had blown it, but a mistake from Martins Durkurs, who had started the final run in silver medal position, brought Parsons back into third place. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.