Great Britain’s Matt Weston has his “eye on the top step” of the podium only at the skeleton World Championships, which begin on Thursday in Lake Placid, USA.

Last month Weston secured the skeleton World Cup overall title for the second successive year.

The 28-year-old won world gold in St Moritz in 2023 and came within 0.23 seconds of doing so again last year, but had to settle for silver.

“Training’s going pretty well so far and that’s all I’ve got my eye on, the top step of the podium,” Weston told BBC Radio Somerset.

“I set myself two goals this year – win the [World Cup] overall again, which I have managed to do, and win the World Championships, so that’s the main goal.”

Weston will complete four runs of the Lake Placid track over two days of heats at the Worlds.

“This track is really tough, really technical and [you need] consistency – not only over four runs but over two days where you could be in a good position after day one and then for some people the pressure might get to you to go and perform the next day,” he said.

“That’s part of a toughness of the World Championships but it means a lot to me.”