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Lizzy Yarnold has claimed Great Britain's first gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics in the women's skeleton.
Yarnold set a track record of 57.91 in her third run and held her nerve in the fourth.
Yarnold claimed Team GB's 10th ever Winter Olympic gold
The 25-year-old follows in the footsteps of 2010 British winner Amy Williams, who was at the Sanki Sliding Centre.
Britain now boast two medals from the Winter Games, after Jenny Jones' received a bronze medal in the slopestyle snowboarding.
Yarnold, a school heptathlete, attended a Girls4Gold initiative, which is designed to harness women with the potential to compete at the Olympics.
Sevenoaks-born Yarnold actually rents a house in Bath from former skeleton champion Williams and was working at an insurance underwriters in London five years ago.
In an attempt to save the £176 to buy a custom-made bag for the runners on her sled, she placed a jar in her employers' kitchen in the hope colleagues would make donations.
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Katie Yarnold, sister of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold with after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (centre)celebrates with friends and family (left to right) her sister Charlotte, dad Clive, Mother Judith, sister Katie, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett and James Roache, after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (centre)celebrates with friends and family (left to right) her sister Charlotte, dad Clive, Mother Judith, sister Katie, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett and James Roache, after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (centre)celebrates with friends and family (left to right) her sister Charlotte, dad Clive, Mother Judith, sister Katie, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett and James Roache, after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain fans show their support ahead of the Women's Skeleton final on Day 7 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Supporters of Great Britain's women Skeleton athlete Elizabeth Yarnold cheer before the start of Heat 1 of the Men's Skeleton event of the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014 at the Sanki Sliding Center. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain (R) hugs Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States after the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain talks with her coach after a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain finishes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain of Great Britain finishes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain in action during a training session on Day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Sanki Sliding Center on February on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain of Great Britain during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain makes a run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain waves after her run during the Women's Skeleton heats on Day 6 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain fans show their support ahead of the Women's Skeleton final on Day 7 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Family of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (left to right) her mother Judith, sisters Katie and Charlotte, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett, James Roach and her father Clive, before her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Judy Yarnold, mother of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold watches her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (centre)celebrates with friends and family (left to right) her sister Charlotte, dad Clive, Mother Judith, sister Katie, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett and James Roach, after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold (centre)celebrates with friends and family (left to right) her sister Charlotte, dad Clive, Mother Judith, sister Katie, Alison and Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett and James Roach, after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold celebrates with her family after her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Clive Yarnold, sisters of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold, watches her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Katie and Charlote Yarnold, sisters of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold with Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett as they watch her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)
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Katie and Charlotte Yarnold, sisters of Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold with Gemma Foxwell-Dowsett as they watch her second run of the Women's Skeleton at the Sanki Sliding Centre, during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (credit:PA)