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Germany’s Daniela Maier upset defending champion Sandra Naeslund of Sweden to take gold in the women’s ski cross final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games on Friday.
Fanny Smith of Switzerland took silver while Naeslund claimed the bronze medal.
Canada’s Marielle Thompson, Brittany Phelan, and Hannah Schmidt were eliminated in the quarterfinal heats.
All three Canadian ski cross racers began by advancing through the 1/8 races but were all eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Two-time Olympic medallist Thompson finished fourth in her quarterfinal heat. The native of Whistler, B.C., won gold at Sochi 2018 and silver at Beijing 2022. Milano-Cortina was Thompson’s fourth Olympic Games, where the 33-year-old was a flag-bearer for Canada at the opening ceremony.
Ottawa’s Schmidt and Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., were in the same quarterfinal but finished third and fourth, respectively.
Schmidt, 31, finished seventh in her Olympic debut at Beijing 2022 while the 34-year-old Phelan had won silver at Pyeongchang 2018.
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