Skeleton athletes make history for China

China's Yan Wengang, Yin Zheng made history for China to finish third, fifth in men's skeleton at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday.

Yan clocked a combined time of four minutes and 1.77 seconds in four runs for the bronze, which was China's first ever medal in the skeleton event of the Winter Olympics.

Geng Wenqiang, who was not on China's roaster for Beijing, finished 13th at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.