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Matt Weston (GBR) is the big -700 favorite to win the 2026 Winter Olympics Men's Skeleton event Friday.
Skeleton is a Winter Olympics sliding sport where athletes race head-first and face-down on a small sled down an icy track at very high speeds.
Weston is a two-time world champion, two-time European champion and has won the overall World Cup title on three occasions. He is also a three-time World Championship silver medallist in the mixed team event.
In 2025, he won the World Championships to become the first Briton to be a two-time world skeleton champion. In 2026, he became the European champion for the second time as well as winning his third overall World Cup title.
“I feel pretty comfortable right now,” Weston said ahead of Friday's competition.
The 28-year-old delivered a statement second run to open-up a 0.30s advantage over Germany’s Axel Jungk.
Weston was the only slider to go under 56 seconds, his time of 55.88s giving him a combined 1:52.09s.
"It's pretty crazy [to be the overnight leader] but I take every run as run one. I will completely reset myself, switch off for a bit and then re-focus tomorrow,” Weston said.
"I have taught myself to love the pressure and love the expectation I have on my shoulders.
“I didn't like it when I first had success, but now I have turned it into fire that I can go out and give my best."
Find all Winter Olympics betting odds at BetUS here
Men's Skeleton Odds - 2026 Winter Olympics
Matt Weston (GBR)
-700
Axel Jungk (GER)
+700
Christopher Grotheer (GER)
+1000
Amedeo Bagnis (ITA)
+3300
Wenhao Chen (CHN)
+4000
Austin Florian (USA)
+10000
Rasmus Johansen (DEN)
+10000
Zheng Yin (CHN)
+10000
Samuel Maier (AUT)
+10000
Mattia Gaspari (ITA)
+10000
Marcus Wyatt (GBR)
+10000
Seunggi Jung (KOR)
+10000
Jisoo Kim (KOR)
+10000
Felix Keisinger (GER)
+10000
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