Naeslund remains the one to beat heading into PyeongChang 2018
BySportsbeat
Published 20/01/2018 at 21:43 GMT
Sweden's Sandra Naeslund continued her impressive ski cross season with her fourth consecutive World Cup win and fifth of the campaign in Nakiska, Canada.
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Such has been the current world champion's dominance this season, she has yet to finish off the podium with two third places at Montafon and Innichen last month the only blips on her otherwise perfect record.
Her latest win came after she safely made it through the qualifying rounds before remaining on top in the big final.
France's Marielle Berger Sabbatel was her nearest challenger in second, with fellow French skier Alizee Baron completing the podium and home favourite Kelsey Serwa the one to miss out on the medal.
The win extends Naeslund's lead in the ladies ski cross World Cup standings, as she moves onto 720 points ahead of Germany's Heidi Zacher who was absent on Saturday.
And with just three competitions left and a lead of 246 points, it would take a major turnaround in fortunes for Naeslund not to be crowned champion.
The race to be crowned men's World Cup champion is a lot closer with Saturday's competition win going the way of Germany's Paul Eckert who stood on the top step of the podium for the first time this season.
Austria's Christoph Wahrstoetter was second, edging out Switzerland's Marc Bischofberger with Kevin Drury fourth in the big final.
Bischofberger was still able to extend his World Cup lead though, moving on to 457 points with Jean Frederic Chapuis second on 329 after placing 13th on Saturday.
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