Top 10 finish for Freya on Olympic debut to remember

CLOSING RUN LIFTS TARBIT UP TO SEVENTH IN FINAL SKELETON STANDINGS

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FREYA Tarbit has shown she belongs on the biggest stage after bagging seventh in the Winter Olympics women's skeleton final.

The 25-year-old Ockbrook athlete was 1.33s off a medal at her first Games and was part of a trio of Brits who all cracked the top 10.

Tarbit punched the air as she finished her final run, darting around the 1.2km track in 57.77s effort and reaching a top speed of 124kph.

It lifted her up two places in the final standings and her final time across four runs was 3:50.80, 1.78s off gold medallist Janine Flock of Austria.

Former long jumper Tarbit was discovered at a talent ID day for skeleton 10 years ago.

She reached the halfway stage with an outside chance of a medal but a disappointing third run saw her fall out of contention.