Britain’s Matt Weston, Belgium’s Kim Meylemans clinch World Cup skeleton season titles

ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Britain’s Matt Weston is the World Cup men’s skeleton overall champion, again. And for the first time, Belgium’s Kim Meylemans is the World Cup women’s overall champion.

Locking up their status as favorites for Olympic gold at next month’s Milan Cortina Games, Weston and Meylemans clinched their seasonlong titles Friday in the final races of the World Cup season at Altenberg, Germany.

Meylemans was third in Friday’s women’s race, behind Germany’s Jacqueline Pfeifer and Susanne Kreher.