British skeleton racer Matt Weston wins 1st test race on controversial new Olympic sliding track

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain on Friday. Weston beat European champion Samuel Maier of Austria by 0.15 seconds after two runs in the head-first discipline down the Eugenio Monti track. Yin Zheng of China finished third, 0.18 behind, after setting the first track record at 56.79 seconds in his opening run.

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