British women’s skeleton trio all record top-10 finishes on Olympic debuts
Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit and Amelia Coltman all recorded top-10 finishes in the women’s skeleton on their Olympic debuts.
Stoecker was the leading Brit as she completed her four runs in 3:50.48 to secure fifth place overall, with Tarbit three-tenths of a second behind her team-mate in seventh.
The trio all recorded top-four placings across the individual heats, Coltman doing so during a strong final run to finish ninth overall.
Stoecker said: “I just feel so proud of myself. The Olympics is at the end of this four=year cycle where we’ve been preparing and working really hard with the team, and so to get to the Olympics in the first place is such an honour.
“Then to compete and to just do my very best, I’m just feeling really, really proud of myself, the team, of the girls and of the boys yesterday.”
Tarbit added: “I don’t think many people can say they’ve got to go to their first Olympics with their best friends, so it just adds to the whole experience. This is all our first Games and we’ve all finished in the top ten, I think that’s something we’ve been really, really proud of.”
Coltman said: “I am just pleased that I have positive feelings to take away from the race because it wasn’t my best three runs before that, but I’m really happy to end on a positive note.”
Stoecker and Tarbit will be back in action on Sunday, partnering men’s champion Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt respectively, when the mixed team event makes its first appearance at the Games.
Pictured top (from left): Amelia Coltman, Tabby Stoecker and Freya Tarbit.
