SUNNY VALLEY, RUSSIA—Canada’s Brady Leman earned bronze in skicross race action on Sunday, stepping onto the World Cup podium for the third time this season. Leman, from Calgary, earned his first World Cup medal of the season in late December in Innichen, Italy, capturing bronze, before racing to gold on home snow at Blue Mountain, Ont., in January. All day, every round was a battle to get through,” said Leman, who was second in every heat leading up to the final. But I’m really, really happy with how today went — I just had so much fun, and had the biggest smile on my face. I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Read more: Canada’s Brady Leman wins gold in men’s ski cross Canada’s Brady Leman wins World Cup ski cross gold medal Calgary’s Brady Leman hits podium, taking bronze at World Cup ski crossMarielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., found herself on the wrong side of a crash by French skier Marielle Berger Sabbatel.

Source: thestar February 24, 2019 17:15 UTC