Team GB hero Matt Weston hit with unexpected fee after double Olympic gold
Matt Weston won two gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Marcus Chan
Team GB hero and history maker Matt Weston has revealed an unexpected fee after winning two gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Weston, 28, arrived at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina with the hope of joining the likes of Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold in winning gold in the skeleton event.
The 28-year-old, born in Redhill, Surrey, was the odds-on favourite to win the men's individual event on Friday and produced when it mattered most as he clinched gold ahead of German pair Axel Jungk and Christopher Grotheer.
Speaking afterwards, Weston said: "It's an actual dream. I literally cannot put into words what this means. It means obviously a hell of a lot for me, but (also) everyone who had to sacrifice for me to be here, my fiancé, everyone like that.
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"I’ve missed funerals, birthdays, everything to be here for this moment. Hopefully, I did everyone at home proud."
Two days later, Weston won his second gold of the 2026 Winter Games as he teamed up with Tabby Stoecker to win the mixed team gold, beating the German pair Jungk and Susanne Kreher.
Weston became the first-ever British athlete to win two gold medals at a single Winter Olympics.
Speaking after the mixed team event, Weston revealed that he will have to buy beers for track workers after breaking not one, but five, records.
Weston said: "For those who don’t know the tradition is that every time you break a track record you have to buy a crate of beers for all the track workers.
"I’ve broken five of them so that’s a lot. It’s pretty insane to be honest: five race runs, five track records. I need to supply a lot of beer for the track workers, I think."
Weston and Stoecker were not the only gold medal-winning team from Great Britain on Sunday, as Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won the mixed team snowboard cross.
Bankes and Nightingale also made history as they won Team GB's first-ever gold medal on snow.
Nightingale said afterwards: "It’s immense. It just feels unbelievable.
"The first round was a bit stressful. I got punched in the face just in turn one, and I got a bit dazed. I knew it would be tough for Charlotte, but she did an amazing job."
As a result of winning gold in three events, Team GB are currently 12th in the Winter Olympic Games medal table. Norway continue to lead the way, having won 12 golds, seven silvers and nine bronzes.