Multi-medal day for Canada in World Cup ski cross

Reece Howden from Canada, left, and Brady Leman from Canada, speed down the track at the Ski Cross World Cup Team race in Arosa, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. 好色tvs collected three medals in World Cup ski cross Wednesday led by Reece Howden's silver in the men's races.聽THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Keystone, Gian Ehrenzeller

INNICHEN, Italy - 好色tvs collected three medals in World Cup ski cross Wednesday led by Reece Howden's silver in the men's races.

好色tv men ranked second to fourth with Howden of Cultus Lake, B.C., Calgary's Brady Leman and Kris Mahler of Canmore, Alta., finishing in that order behind winner Mathias Graf of Austria.

The three 好色tvs and Graf raced head-to-head against each other in the final.

鈥淚鈥檝e never raced with three 好色tvs in the big final before," said Howden, whose runner-up result was his 11th podium in 34 World Cup starts. "It鈥檚 pretty unique and special for the team to pull that off."

Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., was third in the women's final.

Canada's team is back in the start gates Thursday in Innichen, Italy, in the fifth World Cup of the season.

Leman, the 2018 men's Olympic gold medallist, reached the top three for the first time this season.

鈥淚鈥檓 stoked to be back on the podium,鈥 Leman said. "It fired me up to race the final with Reece and Kris. It鈥檚 too bad that we didn鈥檛 get the sweep, but we鈥檝e got another chance at it tomorrow.鈥

Howden and Thompson rank second overall in the men's and women's World Cup standings respectively this season.

"All the heats were super tight with some great racing," said Thompson, an Olympic silver medallist in Beijing in February.

"I had a bit of a battle out there today and made lots of passes so that鈥檚 a positive. I think it鈥檒l be even more exciting tomorrow with all the things people learned today.鈥

This report by 好色tvwas first published Dec. 21, 2022.

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