Canada's Reece Howden clinches 3rd career ski cross Crystal Globe with back-to-back wins

Canadian ski cross racer Reece Howden won the third Crystal Globe of his career on Sunday with a victory in the final men's World Cup race of the season in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.

Howden, who also took gold on Saturday, captured the overall title with 1,038 points after racing to seven wins and nine podiums across 17 events this season. He also has a silver and a bronze medal this campaign.

The 26-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., won Sunday's big final ahead of France's Youri Duplessis Kergomard and Italy's Simone Deromedis, respectively. Deromedis finished second behind Howden in the overall World Cup standings, 73 points back.

Kris Mahler, from Canmore, Alta., claimed his second fourth-place finish of the weekend.

Howden also won the Crystal Globe in 2021 and 2023.

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Canada's Reece Howden wins final World Cup ski cross race, captures crystal globe

Fellow Canadian Courtney Hoffos, 27, earned silver in the women's race for the second straight day.

The Windermere, B.C., native finished behind Swiss skier Fanny Smith, who clinched the Crystal Globe on Saturday. Switzerland's Talina Gantenbein was third.

Abby McEwen of Edmonton placed ninth.

Hoffos finishes seventh in the overall standings with five medals this season (three silver, two bronze).

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Courtney Hoffos captures her 3rd World Cup ski cross silver medal this season