Winter Olympics: Ireland misses out on medal

Ireland has narrowly missed out on its first ever Winter Olympics medal after Clifton Wrottesley finished fourth in the men’s skeleton event in Salt Lake City tonight.

The 33-year-old Dubliner recorded a time of 1:42.57, almost half a second behind Gregor Staehli of Switzerland. J

im Shea of the United States won the gold medal, five-hundredths of a second ahead of Austrian Martin Rettl, who clinched silver.