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Britain"s first gold

Britain"s Amy Williams on Friday won the women"s skeleton, bringing her country its first gold medal.

Williams, 27, finished with 3:35.64. Germany"s Kerstin Szymkowiak took silver with a time of 3:36.20.

Germany"s Anja Huber grabbed the bronze medal. Her time was 3:36.36.

Russia gets a second bronze.

Russia"s Alexander Tretyakov won the bronze medal in the men"s skeleton on Friday. His time was 3:30.75.

Canadian Jon Montgomery took the gold medal with a time of 3:29.73 and Latvian Martins Dukurs grabbed silver with 3:29.80.

Russia now has five medals, one gold, two silvers and two bronzes and is in joint sixth place in the overall medal count table.

MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)



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