Skeleton World Cup: Marcus Wyatt wins first gold and Brogan Crowley claims first medal
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Marcus Wyatt made his Olympic debut in Beijing earlier this year
Great Britain's Marcus Wyatt secured his first skeleton World Cup gold with victory in the season opener in Whistler, Canada.
His GB team-mate Matt Weston was third, 0.66 seconds back, with South Korea's Jung Seung-gi taking silver.
In the women's race, Brogan Crowley claimed her first World Cup medal after finishing joint second alongside American Hallie Clarke.
The 28-year-old Briton set a start record in her second run.
It helped moved her up from sixth after her first run into medal contention but Germany's Olympic champion Hannah Neise was too strong, finishing 0.18 seconds clear of the field.
Earlier, Wyatt, 30, whose previous best was bronze in 2020, finished in a combined time of one minute 45.44 seconds from two runs.
Weston, 25, who became Britain's first World Cup winner in the men's skeleton since 2008 last November, had led after the first run with Wyatt second as the pair shared a new start record on the track.
Wyatt and Weston made their Olympic debuts in Beijing earlier this year, finishing 16th and 15th respectively.
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