Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed team
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The mixed team competition in skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] This was the inaugural edition of this event at the Olympics. Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston of Great Britain won the event. Susanne Kreher and Axel Jungk of Germany won the silver medal, and their teammates Jacqueline Pfeifer and Christopher Grotheer won bronze.[2][3] For Stoecker, this was her first Olympic medal and made her the third female skeleton athlete for Great Britain to win an Olympic gold medal after Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold, whilst it was the second gold Olympic medal of the Games for Weston having also become champion in the mens' individual event two days earlier. This also made Weston only the second British athlete after Lizzy Yarnold to win two Winter Olympic gold medals and first British Athlete to win multiple gold medals at the same Winter Olympics.
| Skeleton mixed team at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.36 | ||||||||||||
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Background
Great Britain I won the 2025–26 Skeleton World Cup, which consisted of four events. It was followed by Germany I and the United States I. The United States 1 (Mystique Ro and Austin Florian) were the 2025 World champion, followed by Great Britain 1 (Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston) and China 2 (Zhao Dan and Lin Qinwei).
Qualification
Summary
| Teams qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | 20 |  China Germany Great Britain Italy United States |
| 1 | 5 | 10 |  Austria Canada Denmark Latvia South Korea |
| 15 | 10 | 30 |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athletes | Country | Women's | Rank | Men's | Rank | Total | Behind |
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15 | Tabitha Stoecker Matt Weston |
Great Britain |
1:00.77 | 4 | 58.59 | 1 | 1:59.36 TR | — |
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13 | Susanne Kreher Axel Jungk |
Germany |
1:00.59 | 3 | 58.94 | 2 | 1:59.53 | +0.17 |
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14 | Jacqueline Pfeifer Christopher Grotheer |
Germany |
1:00.53 | 2 | 59.01 | 4 | 1:59.54 | +0.18 |
| 4 | 12 | Freya Tarbit Marcus Wyatt |
Great Britain |
1:00.47 | 1 | 59.18 | 6 | 1:59.65 | +0.29 |
| 5 | 10 | Zhao Dan Chen Wenhao |
China |
1:00.77 | 4 | 59.16 | 5 | 1:59.93 | +0.57 |
| 6 | 9 | Alessandra Fumagalli Amedeo Bagnis |
Italy |
1:01.06 | 6 | 58.98 | 3 | 2:00.04 | +0.68 |
| 7 | 7 | Mystique Ro Austin Florian |
United States |
1:01.08 | 7 | 59.31 | 7 | 2:00.39 | +1.03 |
| 8 | 5 | Liang Yuxin Lin Qinwei |
China |
1:01.27 | 8 | 59.39 | 9 | 2:00.66 | +1.30 |
| 9 | 11 | Janine Flock Samuel Maier |
Austria |
1:01.66 | 11 | 59.35 | 8 | 2:01.01 | +1.65 |
| 10 | 4 | Kelly Curtis Dan Barefoot |
United States |
1:01.30 | 9 | 1:00.13 | 14 | 2:01.43 | +2.07 |
| 11 | 8 | Hong Su-jung Jung Seung-gi |
South Korea |
1:01.84 | 13 | 59.61 | 11 | 2:01.45 | +2.09 |
| 12 | 3 | Nanna Johansen Rasmus Johansen |
Denmark |
1:02.15 | 14 | 59.43 | 10 | 2:01.58 | +2.22 |
| 13 | 1 | Marta Andžāne Emīls Indriksons |
Latvia |
1:01.67 | 12 | 59.99 | 13 | 2:01.66 | +2.30 |
| 14 | 6 | Valentina Margaglio Mattia Gaspari |
Italy |
1:02.24 | 15 | 59.72 | 12 | 2:01.96 | +2.60 |
| 15 | 2 | Jane Channell Josip Brusic |
Canada |
1:01.57 | 10 | 1:01.07 | 15 | 2:02.64 | +3.28 |
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