Canada continued its robust World Cup ski cross season on Friday in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.
Brittany Phelan of Mont-Tremblant, Que., received gold and India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C. earned silver within the ladies’s massive remaining, whereas Reece Howden of Cultus Lake, B.C. snagged bronze on the boys’s aspect.
With only one race for each the men and women remaining within the season — scheduled for Saturday again in Idre Fjäll — it’s Canada’s Marielle Thompson who leads the Crystal Globe race with a 67-point edge over France’s Marielle Berger Sabbatel. Phelan is the one different competitor inside putting distance of Thompson, sitting 103 factors behind in third place.
Thompson, the 31-year-old two-time Olympic medallist from Whistler, B.C., positioned fifth on Friday, profitable the small remaining to say 450 factors. Phelan, who owns an Olympic silver of her personal, took dwelling 1,000 factors along with her gold medal.
Tiana Gairns of Prince George, B.C., positioned seventh whereas Abby McEwen of Edmonton was tenth.
WATCH | Phelan, Sherret go 1-2 in Sweden:
Canadians Brittany Phelan and India Sherret shared the rostrum on the FIS World Cup ski cross race in Idre Fjall, Sweden.
In the meantime Howden, 25, stays inside putting distance of his third profession Crystal Globe, sitting lower than 40 factors behind Sweden’s David Mobaerg, who received gold on Friday.
Switzerland’s Alex Fiva, who’s second general, positioned fourth, whereas Italy’s Simone Deromedis skied to silver.
Gavin Rowell, of Prince George, B.C., received the small remaining as Ottawa’s Jared Schmidt landed in seventh.
WATCH | Howden takes bronze:
Reece Howden of Cultus Lake, B.C. is taking dwelling a bronze medal from the World Cup ski cross race in Idre Fjall, Sweden.
