Canada's Reece Howden, Marielle Thompson win World Cup ski cross gold in Italy
3rd time this season that Canada's men and women have won races on same day
Two British Columbia residents were triumphant at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup in Italy on Saturday.
Marielle Thompson of Whistler finished first in the women's race, while Reece Howden of Cultus Lake won on the men's side.
This is the third time in the ski cross season that Canada's men and women have won races on the same day.
Brittany Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, finished in second place on the women's side.
The win is Thompson's second this season and 27th win at the World Cup.
Howden's victory is his second of the season and gives him 11 wins in his 52 career World Cup starts. He now sits atop the men's ski cross standings with a total of 476 points.
Sherret, from Cranbrook, B.C., won the big final in a time of 55.8 seconds, finishing ahead of Swiss skiers Saskja Lack (55.96) and Talina Gantenbein (56.06).
"I wanted to ski smooth today and to improve the starts," Thompson said of Saturday's race. "I learned some things from India's strong starts yesterday and it was enough to pull it off today when there was some fast skiing from my teammates and the rest of the field."
"The team is firing right now and we're ready to keep it going."
The ski cross World Cup returns next week in Bakuriani, Georgia.
With files from CBC Sports
