Skeleton ace Matt Weston slides into climate action: ‘We’re dirtbags making a difference’

Jul 20, 2026 - 13:55

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Skeleton ace Matt Weston slides into climate action: ‘We’re dirtbags making a difference’

In today’s newsletter: how Britain’s celebrated Winter Olympian is responding to the existential threat to snow and ice sports

As the scorched grass turns lemon-spiky in the summer heat, and our days shrink down into the cool of early morning and late evening, winter feels a long way away. Even for Matt Weston, Britain’s most successful male Winter Olympian.

You probably remember him from Milano Cortina in February, screaming down the skeleton track in his all-in-one super suit, and breaking the track record at the Cortina Sliding Centre four times to win Britain’s first medal of the games. Two days later he became the first GB athlete to win multiple golds at one Winter Olympics, when he took home the mixed team event with Tabitha Stoecker.