Canada's Reece Howden clinches 2nd career ski cross Crystal Globe with back-to-back wins
Canadian ski cross racer Reece Howden won the second Crystal Globe of his career on Sunday with a victory in the final men's World Cup race of the season.
Howden, who also took gold on Saturday, finished the season with 1,038 points after racing to seven wins and nine podiums across 17 events. He also has a silver and a bronze medal this campaign.
The 26-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., won Sunday's race 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.
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.
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