Lizzy Yarnold beats Janine Flock to take European skeleton title

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The Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold has claimed the European title in Austria.

Yarnold was fastest in both runs at Igls on Sunday to beat the home competitor Janine Flock and her fellow Briton Rose McGrandle.

The 26-year-old also triumphed in the World Cup event held at the same venue on Saturday. She is third in the overall World Cup standings heading into the final round in Sochi – 53 points behind the leader Flock.

The European Championships had been moved to Igls after weather problems forced the cancellation of the scheduled event at La Plagne in France.

Yarnold later tweeted: “I am hugely proud to say that I am the 2015 European Champion! Today was a dream come true.”