Janine Flock finished the job, and a gold medal finally sways from her neck. The Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships got the biggest win of her long and legendary career on Saturday night.

Austrian Janine Flock finally wrapped up Olympic women's skeleton gold aged 36 on Saturday, eight years after throwing away victory and four years after struggling badly. "I can’t believe it, it doesn’t feel real right now.

Janine Flock leads the women’s skeleton race at the Milan Cortina Games, and she is chasing the Olympic medal she still does not have.

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned by the IOC from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 12 because of his insistence on racing in a helmet depicting athletes who have been killed during Russia's invasion of his country.

(L to R) Axel Jungk, Jacqueline Pfeifer (GER), Marcus Wyatt, Tabitha Stoecker (GBR), Janine Flock and Samuel Meier (AUT) stand on the podium after a skeleton mixed team race at Cortina Sliding Centre on Nov. 21, 2025.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,