Winter Olympics viewing is often not worthwhile from a timing point of view but the Italian venue this year is only one hour ahead of GMT so ideal watching on TV in this country.
This year having read in the media daily about how Team GB were coming 4th or otherwise crashing out in their chosen sports, watching for myself seemed worthwhile so yesterday evening I looked at the the men's skeleton events at Milan-Cortina on BBC TV.
Pretty exciting stuff as the competitors in skeleton which I had not heard of let alone watched before, can race at speeds of up to ninety mph while lying prone only an inch or two from the racing circuit ice - terrifying.
Matt Weston of Team GB broke records in all four of his heats and won gold despite his previous speculation about giving up his sport altogether, partly because of a back stress fracture as a teenager.
Congratulations to him and all concerned with his win..
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