Marcus Wyatt was devastated to miss out on an Olympic medal but delighted for roommate and new champion Matt Weston.
Wyatt finished ninth in the men’s skeleton final and almost two-and-a-half seconds back from teammate Weston, who became just the third individual man to win a Winter Olympic gold in British history.
His victory was far from a surprise; the 28-year-old arrived in Cortina as the world champion and man to beat.
He won five of the seven World Cup events this season but Wyatt had beaten him to top spot in the other two and was a strong medal contender.
"We get along super well,” Wyatt said.
“We have done for the last six, seven years. We work super close, we push each other and help make each other better.
"(He's) incredibly driven, incredibly - it sounds really clichéd, just all those athlete things.
“He really wants it, he's motivated, he spends so much time, as we all do, giving everything to his sport.
“We work together so well. We share everything we do on the track. We’ve been sharing rooms, sharing beds, for the last six or seven years.
“It is really cool that we can be experiencing these things together. We have both helped each other to get to where we are now.
“We’ve pushed each other whether it’s in the gym or in the track. That’s why we have had success up until now. We push each other and make each other better.”
Wyatt, 34, struggled to produce his best at his second Olympics and fell further away from the podium on each run.
Weston was in a class of his own and won by 0.88s from Axel Jungk and 1.07 from bronze medallist Christopher Grotheer.
Wyatt was 1.37 back from bronze and struggled to contain his disappointment.
“I wanted a lot more. I struggled in some areas and it just wasn't quite there,” he said.
“I made a few mistake on my runs. I feel like I was aiming for slightly better but it is super tight. That’s skeleton racing.”
Wyatt’s Olympics are not yet done and he competes in the mixed doubles on Sunday night.
He and Tabby Stoecker won two of the four World Cup events this season and, though he won’t know who he is with until Saturday night, Team GB are targeting more medals.
“I know Marcus is raring to go,” Weston added.
“We're going to be one of the strongest set of teams out there, and I think we can definitely take it to the rest of the nations, and hopefully come back with a few more bits of bling.”
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