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Yahoo
11-07-2025
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Weston has 'pressure' and 'confidence' for Olympics
Matt Weston won the World Championships and overall World Cup title this spring to be ranked world number one [Getty Images] Skeleton champion Matt Weston says he feels both "pressure" and "confidence" going into next February's Winter Olympics as world number one. Weston won his second world title at Lake Placid in March after defending his overall World Cup title in February, and sits at the top of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) world rankings. Advertisement The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will take place in and around Milan, Italy, from 6-22 February 2026. "I definitely feel a bit of pressure going into this games as world number one," Weston told BBC Radio Somerset. "It carries some pressure with it but at the same time it carries some confidence. You get a heightened version of both." Next year will be his second Winter Olympics after he finished 15th in Beijing in 2022 just two years after making his World Cup race debut. He represented England in taekwondo when he was a teenager and also played rugby until discovering skeleton via a talent spotting scheme. Advertisement By January 2023 he won the European Championships and followed it two weeks later with his debut world title - Great Britain's first since for nine years. "When I first won the World Championships I was still relatively an underdog, I was still unexpected. That season with a massive breakthrough season for me," Weston said. "The next season the whole dynamic changed, I did become the guy with the target on my back, I did become that guy that everyone was chasing down. "That was hard for me to adjust to and deal with it and the different pressures that brings, but I'm got pretty used to it. I've turned it into something I enjoy and quite like." Weston (on the track) and Marcus Wyatt are competitors but supportive team-mates [Getty Images] Weston, from Surrey, is part of the wider skeleton and bobsleigh Great Britain team based at the University of Bath. Advertisement Team-mate Marcus Wyatt won silver behind him at the World Championships two months ago and Weston believes the strength in the squad is pushing all athletes on. "We're so highly competitive, we're so driven, we're so motivated for this that that almost becomes the environment which is amazing. It feels really special to be part of a group like that," Weston said. "It's not just one person having ok success, it's the whole squad having great success and that's the reason I'm in the position I am today, it's the whole team around me." Next up for Weston is a pre-season trip to Norway before he heads to Innsbruck, Austria, and then Milan to train on the Winter Olympics track for the first time. Advertisement "[It is] hectic from as soon as I step on that plane at the end of September, start of October, right up until I'm on the start line in Milan," Weston said. "I'm looking to come home with the gold medal, that's all I'm thinking of at the moment."
BBC News
11-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Weston has 'pressure' and 'confidence' for Olympics
Skeleton champion Matt Weston says he feels both "pressure" and "confidence" going into next February's Winter Olympics as world number won his second world title at Lake Placid in March after defending his overall World Cup title in February, and sits at the top of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) world Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will take place in and around Milan, Italy, from 6-22 February 2026."I definitely feel a bit of pressure going into this games as world number one," Weston told BBC Radio Somerset."It carries some pressure with it but at the same time it carries some confidence. You get a heightened version of both." Next year will be his second Winter Olympics after he finished 15th in Beijing in 2022 just two years after making his World Cup race debut. He represented England in taekwondo when he was a teenager and also played rugby until discovering skeleton via a talent spotting January 2023 he won the European Championships and followed it two weeks later with his debut world title - Great Britain's first since for nine years."When I first won the World Championships I was still relatively an underdog, I was still unexpected. That season with a massive breakthrough season for me," Weston said. "The next season the whole dynamic changed, I did become the guy with the target on my back, I did become that guy that everyone was chasing down. "That was hard for me to adjust to and deal with it and the different pressures that brings, but I'm got pretty used to it. I've turned it into something I enjoy and quite like." Weston, from Surrey, is part of the wider skeleton and bobsleigh Great Britain team based at the University of Marcus Wyatt won silver behind him at the World Championships two months ago and Weston believes the strength in the squad is pushing all athletes on."We're so highly competitive, we're so driven, we're so motivated for this that that almost becomes the environment which is amazing. It feels really special to be part of a group like that," Weston said."It's not just one person having ok success, it's the whole squad having great success and that's the reason I'm in the position I am today, it's the whole team around me."Next up for Weston is a pre-season trip to Norway before he heads to Innsbruck, Austria, and then Milan to train on the Winter Olympics track for the first time. "[It is] hectic from as soon as I step on that plane at the end of September, start of October, right up until I'm on the start line in Milan," Weston said."I'm looking to come home with the gold medal, that's all I'm thinking of at the moment."
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
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Ex-NBA big man back at Adelaide 36ers
The Adelaide 36ers are shaping as NBL championship heavyweights after announcing ex-NBA player Montrezl Harrell would return to a roster now also boasting Bryce Cotton. Former NBA sixth man of the year Harrell was among the competition's best forwards last season, averaging 20.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game for Adelaide. Harrell was initially recruited as an injury replacement for fellow American Jarell Martin, but saw the season out at the Sixers and was named in the All-NBL Second Team. Lock your doors... because the MONSTA IS BACK 👹You heard that right - Montrezl Harrell is returning to the 36ers on 1 year deal 😤Read more ➡ — Adelaide 36ers (@Adelaide36ers) May 28, 2025 He became beloved by Adelaide fans for his on-court showmanship and physicality and forged a fruitful combination with Kendric Davis, who has since joined the Sydney Kings. Harrell's chemistry with new guard Cotton, one of the NBL's greatest-ever players, looms as crucial to the Sixers' hopes of a first championship since 2002. "Montrezl is a unique piece in the NBL with his size, power and overall skillset," said Sixers general manager of basketball Matt Weston. "There's nobody like him in this competition and we saw it first-hand last season, he's hard to stop." Harrell joins local centre Isaac Humphries and shooting guard Dejan Vasiljevic as a key player for the 36ers, who have one roster spot remaining. Prior to his debut season with Adelaide, Harrell played 547 NBA games and is perhaps best remembered for a three-year stint at the Los Angeles Clippers, with whom he won the 2019/20 sixth man of the year award.
Reuters
07-03-2025
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- Reuters
Briton Weston scorches Lake Placid to win second world championship
NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - Briton Matt Weston picked up his second men's skeleton World Championships win in Lake Placid, on Friday, winning by 1.90 seconds - the second-largest margin in the competition's history. Weston, who won in 2023 as well, led the rest of the field by 0.89 seconds through the first two runs before setting an new track record at Mt Van Hoevenberg Sliding Center as he cleared the third run in 52.80. He got off to a lackluster start on his final run but quickly recovered for a dominant win with a total time of 3:35.48. His compatriot Marcus Wyatt was second and German Olympic silver medallist Axel Jungk (3:37.41) third. "It just feels amazing. My last push was obviously not the best, I almost fell over. But I can't really complain," said Weston. The win was another moment of sweet redemption for Weston since the 2022 Beijing Games, where he finished 15th, a result that nearly caused the 28-year-old twice overall World Cup winner to quit the sport. "I felt good the whole week," he said. "Sliding went well and look what happened!"
Washington Post
07-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Britain's Matt Weston finishes a dominant run to the men's skeleton world title in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Matt Weston finished 15th in men's skeleton at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, something he considered wildly disappointing. He's been the best in the world ever since.
