British Skeleton athletes who train at the University of Bath secured three medals at the 2025 IBSF World Championships in Lake Placid.
Marcus Wyatt, Matt Weston and Axel Jungk | Photo © IBSF/Viesturs Lacis
Matt Weston was crowned as World Champion for the second time after a dominant performance in the men’s competition, with Marcus Wyatt making it a British 1-2 as the team-mates replicated the form that had also seen them place first and second in the Overall IBSF World Cup men’s standings.
Weston, who won a medal in all but one of his races during 2024-25, laid down a marker in Thursday 6th March’s opening heats as he produced the two fastest times to establish a clear 0.89sec lead over nearest challenger Wyatt.
The 2023 World Champion, who also won silver last year, ensured he would add another title to his growing collection by securing a new track record of 52.80 in Heat 3, before finishing nearly two seconds clear of the field.
Wyatt dropped a place after the third heat but regained second spot on a final run to finish three-hundredths of a second ahead of Germany’s Axel Jungk and secure his first individual World Championships medal.
Weston was back on the podium 24 hours later when he and Tabby Stoecker won silver in the mixed team competition for a second successive year, missing out on gold by just one-tenth of a second.
The results in the United States mean that British Skeleton athletes finished a record-breaking 2024-25 campaign with 22 medals in total.
The University of Bath is the long-term training base for British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association athletes and home to the UK’s only outdoor push-start track.
