Yarnold leaves no doubt in taking the gold

Lizzy Yarnold picked the perfect time to end a three-year winless streak, extending Britain’s dominance in women’s skeleton in the process.

Yarnold won her second consecutive Olympic skeleton gold Saturday, leaving no doubt by setting a track record in the final heat to beat Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling by nearly a half-second.

Yarnold’s time was three minutes, 27.28 seconds. Loelling finished in 3:27.73, and Britain’s Laura Deas was third in 3:27.90.

It’s the third time since women’s skeleton was added to the Olympic program in 2002 that a nation grabbed two podium spots.

Calgary’s Vathje was the top Canadian in ninth, Jane Channell from North Vancouver, B.C., was 10th and Mirela Rahneva of Ottawa was 12th.