Fanny Smith also wins the second World Cup race in Craigleith, Ontario. Thanks to her third win of the season, the Vaud native also takes the lead in the overall standings.
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Like the day before, Fanny Smith was a superior winner. In the quarter and semi-finals as well as in the final, she was ahead from the first meter thanks to successful starts - and never relinquished the top position. For Talina Gantenbein, the quarter-finals were the end of the line. In the final ranking, the athlete from Graubünden is in 10th place.
After World Cup victory number 34, Fanny Smith is also number 1 in the overall World Cup rankings. Ahead of the last two races, which are scheduled for the weekend after next in Idre Fjäll in Sweden, the Romand has a 47-point lead over her closest rival and previous leader India Sherret. The Canadian had to settle for 5th and 9th place in Craigleith.
Alex Fiva finished 5th in the men's race in Craigleith. 39-year-old Fiva, who had only been beaten by Sherret's compatriot Reece Howden the day before, failed to finish in the semi-final after a collision with Austria's Christoph Danksagmüller through no fault of his own. The second-best Swiss rider was Romain Détraz from Vaud in 16th place, while Marc Bischofberger, Tobias Baur, Ryan Regez and Sandro Lohner were eliminated in the round of 16. The German Florian Wilmsmann took his third victory of the World Cup season ahead of Howden, replacing the Italian Simone Deromedis as the overall leader.
