IDRE FJÄLL, Sweden — Brittany Phelan won gold at a World Cup ski cross stop Friday to highlight another successful day for Canadian athletes on the circuit.
Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., overtook teammate India Sherret in the final round to win her second gold of the season.In the men's competition, Reece Howden of Chilliwack, B.C., earned bronze. The results come a week after Canada swept the podium in a women's race at Veysonnaz, Switzerland, with Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finishing first followed by Phelan and Sherret.
Thompson finished fifth with a win in Friday's small final and led the overall standings with 977 points heading into Saturday's season-ending race.In men's competition Friday, Howden finished behind Sweden's David Mobaerg and Italy's Simone Deromedis. Gavin Rowell of Prince George, B.C., was a career-best fifth and Jared Schmidt of Ottawa was seventh.
Howden was third overall with 641 points heading into Saturday's finale, behind Mobaerg and Switzerland's Alex Fiva .
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