Lizzy Yarnold Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas in mix for Winter Olympics skeleton silverware • Yarnold logged skeleton track record in first heat• Jacqueline Lölling leads standings before final on Saturday Lizzy Yarnold finished third after two heats in the women’s skeleton on Friday. Photograph: Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesLizzy Yarnold defied a sinus infection and a spell of dizziness to set a track record in Pyeongchang to set up a possible Super Saturday for British athletes at the Winter Olympics. With Yarnold’s team-mate Laura Deas sitting in fourth, 0.17sec off the lead, there remains the possibility of one or two skeleton medals for Britain on Saturday. “It is a really nice place to be, sitting in fourth, only seven hundredths out of a medal. I just want to stay positive.”Play Video 0:29 GB's Lizzy Yarnold sets Winter Olympics track record in skeleton – video

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 12:09 UTC