Lizzy Yarnold's second successive gold and a bronze for teammate Laura Deas underlined Britain's extraordinary dominance of Olympic women's skeleton racing on Saturday — made all the more extraordinary as the country does not boast a single track.
British women have medaled at every skeleton event since the sport was reintroduced to the Winter Games in 2002.
Despite the lack of a track in their own country, Britons can claim to have been the founding fathers of the sport.
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