Lizzy Yarnold’s second successive women’s skeleton gold medal in Pyeongchang saw her become the first Briton to defend a Winter Olympics title and continued Great Britain’s remarkable record in the event.

A British athlete has claimed a skeleton medal at every winter games since 2002, with Yarnold’s team-mate Laura Deas taking the total haul over that period to seven as she claimed bronze.

Here, Press Association Sport looks back at the British athletes who have enjoyed success in the event.

Alex Coomber won a bronze medal at the Salt Lake City games in 2002
Alex Coomber won a bronze medal at the Salt Lake City games in 2002 (Tony Marshall/Empics)
Shelley Rudman went one better with silver in Turin four years later
Shelley Rudman went one better with silver in Turin four years later (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Amy Williams' gold was Britain's only medal from the Vancouver games in 2010
Amy Williams’ gold was Britain’s only medal from the Vancouver games in 2010 (PA)
Yarnold won the first of her two Olympic titles in Sochi four years ago
Yarnold won the first of her two Olympic titles in Sochi four years ago (David Davies/PA)
Dom Parsons secured Britain's first medal of the PyeongChang Olympics with bronze in the men's event
Dom Parsons secured Britain’s first medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics with bronze in the men’s event (Mike Egerton/PA)
Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (right) celebrates winning gold in the Women's Skeleton with bronze medallist Laura Deas. (David Davies/PA)
Yarnold (right) and Deas ensured Britain won two medals in the same event for the first time at a Winter Olympics (David Davies/PA)