Austria’s Flock wins women’s World Cup skeleton opener

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Austria’s Janine Flock lowered her Mount Van Hoevenberg track record Thursday on the way to winning the season’s first World Cup women’s skeleton race. Canada’s Elisabeth Vathje was second and reigning Olympic gold medalist Lizzy Yarnold of Britain was third. Flock’s first run of 54.69 seconds was more than three-tenths of