Canada’s Thompson wins ski cross silver medal
IDRE FJÄLL, Sweden — Marielle Thompson of Whistler earned a World Cup silver medal in women’s ski cross on Wednesday.
The 2014 Olympic champion was second to Switzerland’s Fanny Smith in a 600-metre sprint race in thick snow.
Thompson and Canada will race fulllength courses in World Cups on the weekend.
The world governing body of skiing announced earlier this week that Idre Fjall will also host the world snowboard and ski cross championship Feb. 11-13 as a stand-in for the cancelled events in China.
Thompson, the reigning women’s world champion, ranks second to Smith in this season’s World Cup standings.
Reece Howden, a 22-year-old Cultus Lake, B.C. native, hung onto his No. 1 men’s ranking after placing fifth Wednesday.