CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Reece Howden won a second menB次元官网网址檚 World Cup ski cross race this season with SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 victory in Italy.

The 26-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., ran the table by finishing first in his heat, quarterfinal and semifinal to reach the four-man final.

HowdenB次元官网网址檚 win comes after his first of the season in Arosa, Switzerland.

The Canadian team competing in a fifth race in 10 days to start the ski cross season were held off the Innichen podium in the first of two days of competition there before HowdenB次元官网网址檚 13th career World Cup victory.

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The course that had hardened overnight suited Howden.

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He moved into second in the menB次元官网网址檚 World Cup standings behind Florian Wilmsmann of Germany. Howden was the lone Canadian man to reach a final Saturday

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 women were held off the podium taking fourth through seventh. India Sherret of Cranbrook, B.C., was the top Canadian in fourth to move into second in the season standings behind leader Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C.

OttawaB次元官网网址檚 Hannah Schmidt was fifth, Thompson sixth and Courtney Hoffos of Windermere, B.C., seventh Saturday.