Finally, it’s Flock! Austrian wins the Olympic women’s skeleton gold, avenging some near-misses
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — This time, Janine Flock finished the job. And a gold medal finally sways from her neck. Flock — the Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships — got, by far, the biggest win of her long and legendary career on Saturday night. She’s the women’s skeleton Olympic champion, completing four runs in 3 minutes, 49.02 seconds and finishing off a wire-to-wire victory. The 36-
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