Parsons wins bronze at the Winter Olympics in the men\'s skeleton

Parsons wins bronze at the Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton

Dom Parsons won Great Britain's first medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics with a dramatic final run

Parsons finished 0.11 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Martins Dukurs with a combined time of three minutes 22.20 seconds.

Parsons was set to miss out on a medal until world champion Dukurs made mistakes on his final run.

South Korea's Yun Sung-bin won gold by a record 1.63secs and Nikita Tregubov, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, silver.

Fellow Briton Jerry Rice, finished 10th.

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