Winter Olympics 2022 - Hannah Neise continues Germany's sliding dominance with skeleton gold

Updated 12/02/2022 at 15:35 GMT

Hannah Neise has won gold in the women's skeleton at the Beijing Winter Olympics as Germany continued their dominance in the sliding events. Australia's Jaclyn Narracott won the silver medal and Kimberley Bos wins bronze. It was further disappointment for Great Britain in the skeleton with Laura Deas coming 19th after the fourth heat and Brogan Crowley placing 22nd in her first Olympics.

'Wow!' - Neise celebrates another gold for Germany in skeleton at Beijing 2022

Hannah Neise has won her first ever gold medal in the women's skeleton at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Her overall time of 4:07.62 was enough to see her seal top spot, which means Germany has won six gold medals out of a possible six in sliding events - four in luge and two in skeleton.

Jaclyn Narracott of Australia took the silver medal - which is the nation's first Olympic medal in a sliding sport - with a time of 4:08.24, while Kimberley Bos from the Netherlands took the bronze in 4:08.46.

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Neise had never won a medal at European or world championship level, but she figured out the course at the Yanqing Sliding Centre better than her rivals.

The 21-year-old was sitting in second after the first two runs, but took the lead in the third heat ahead of Narracott before winning it in the fourth.

Niese, who won the junior world title in 2021, becomes the first German woman in history to win Olympic gold in skeleton.

Germany's Tina Hermann came fourth (4:08.73) and Mirela Rahneva of Canada, the first-run leader, finished in fifth (4:09.15).

Great Britain's Laura Deas, who won skeleton bronze at Pyeongchang in 2018, finished in 19th in a time of 4:11.55.

It is the first time in six Olympic women’s skeleton competitions that a woman from Great Britain is not on the podium.

Brogan Crowley, whose Olympics ended after the third heat, says "it's a real shame" that Britain will end the Games without a medal and that the team's overall performance will need to be reviewed.

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