Latvia's Martins Dukurs set a new track record in Thursday's opening heat of the Olympic Games men's skeleton to push Canada's Jon Montgomery into second place. Dukurs had a 0.28sec lead after racing down the Whistler track in 52.32sec. Montgomery had set the pace throughout training but had to settle for provisional second after clocking 52.60sec. Alexander Tretyakov of Russia was third ahead of the evening session. Friday sees the final two sessions in this one of the most dangerous winter sports events. 