Lizzy Yarnold's second successive gold and a bronze for teammate Laura Deas underlined Britain's extraordinary dominance of Olympic women's skeleton racing on Saturday — made all the more extraordinary as the country does not boast a single track.

British women have medaled at every skeleton event since the sport was reintroduced to the Winter Games in 2002.

Despite the lack of a track in their own country, Britons can claim to have been the founding fathers of the sport.