Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands and Matt Weston of Great Britain will go into the Milan Cortina Games as reigning world champions in skeleton. Mystique Ro goes into the Olympic season as the first American to win a world championships medal in skeleton since 2013.

For Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands, the collection of the biggest skeleton medals is complete. Bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2022, silver at the world championships two years ago and now, finally,

Matt Weston of Britain has a lead of 0.89 seconds at the halfway point of the world skeleton championships, after he cruised through his first two runs on Thursday. He will try to finish off the title with two more runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Friday.