SKI CROSS:
Serwa snags 2nd at ski cross opener in Italy (VIDEO BONUS)
INNICHEN/SAN CANDIDO, Italy — Canadian Kelsey Serwa battled to second place Saturday in the opening World Cup ski cross of the season, with Sweden’s Anna Holmlund taking the win.
Czech racer Nikol Kucerova took third and Heidi Zacher of Germany fourth.
Canadian Olympic champ Ashleigh McIvor was seventh, Julia Murray 11th and Marielle Thompson 21st. Danielle Poleschuk was disqualified.
On the men’s side, Nick Zoricic earned a spot in the four-racer final but just missed the podium, placing fourth. Swiss racer Patrick Gasser won the race, ahead of Austrians Andreas Matt and Thomas Zangerl.
Canada’s Davey Barr was seventh, Chris Del Bosco 11th, Brian Bennett 29th, David Duncan 37th and Stanislas Rey 48th.
For Serwa, it was redemption after finishing 12th and 19th in World Cup races at San Candido last year.
"I am in a good headspace this year," said the 21-year-old Serwa. "Last year was so much about qualifying for the Olympics and everything was about results. This year I am not too worried about the result I am just focusing on my skiing. And today I was just consistent with my runs, focusing on the process."
Serwa picked up the sixth podium result of her career. She has three wins.
"I qualified eighth yesterday so I didn't get lane choice at all today. So my focus was always to get over the first roller and on the snow before everyone else. I ended up in second through each heat, and never had too much pressure from anybody behind me so I didn't have to make any risky moves."
On the men's side, Zoricic led the Canadian charge with his strong start to the season in fourth.
"It was a dogfight to get there, tight racing," Zoricic said. "I am thrilled. It's a great start for me. Last year was tough because I was trying to learn so much. I was second-guessing myself a lot, never really sure of myself. It takes a while. I raced alpine for years and there is no question that is different. There is a learning curve."
The FIS World Cup ski cross event in San Candido wraps up Sunday with another men's and women's race. S-Magazine
— Alpine Canada contributed to this report
Innichen/San Candido women's World Cup ski cross results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 4 | 2527563 | HOLMLUND Anna | 1987 | SWE | 1000.00 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 2527273 | SERWA Kelsey | 1989 | CAN | 800.00 | ||
| 3 | 15 | 2527841 | KUCEROVA Nikol | 1989 | CZE | 600.00 | ||
| 4 | 11 | 2527434 | ZACHER Heidi | 1988 | GER | 500.00 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2526373 | SMITH Fanny | 1992 | SUI | 450.00 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2394866 | DAVID Ophelie | 1976 | FRA | 400.00 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 2484439 | MCIVOR Ashleigh | 1983 | CAN | 360.00 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 2527570 | LIMBACHER Andrea | 1989 | AUT | 320.00 | ||
| 9 | 6 | 2526237 | JOSSERAND Marion | 1986 | FRA | 290.00 | ||
| 10 | 7 | 2527513 | HOEIE GJEFSEN Marte | 1989 | NOR | 260.00 | ||
| 11 | 9 | 2526906 | MURRAY Julia | 1988 | CAN | 240.00 | ||
| 12 | 12 | 2526015 | OFNER Katrin | 1990 | AUT | 220.00 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 2444045 | FARIC Sasa | 1984 | SLO | 200.00 | ||
| 14 | 14 | 2415721 | BOULANGEAT Meryll | 1986 | FRA | 180.00 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 2526849 | WOERNER Anna | 1989 | GER | 160.00 | ||
| 16 | 2526530 | RIEMEN Karolina | 1988 | POL | 150.00 | |||
| 17 | 2485085 | OWENS Jenny | 1978 | AUS | 140.00 | |||
| 18 | 2526527 | JENSEN Julie Brendengen | 1990 | NOR | 130.00 | |||
| 19 | 2526328 | KENNEDY Sami | 1988 | AUS | 120.00 | |||
| 20 | 2526363 | MUELLER Katrin | 1989 | SUI | 110.00 | |||
| 21 | 2527689 | THOMPSON Marielle | 1992 | CAN | 100.00 | |||
| 22 | 2528710 | TEGLIA Eleonora Anna | 1987 | ITA | 90.00 | |||
| 23 | 2323372 | CREMA Katya | 1988 | AUS | 80.00 | |||
| 24 | 2525991 | GALLAND Helena | 1986 | FRA | 70.00 | |||
| 25 | 2484649 | SARSFIELD Emily | 1983 | GBR | 60.00 | |||
| 26 | 2452775 | FUKUSHIMA Noriko | 1979 | JPN | 50.00 | |||
| 27 | 2527154 | DUNLEAVY Brooke | 1993 | AUS | 45.00 | |||
| 28 | 2526819 | SAUVEY Sarah | 1983 | GBR | 40.00 | |||
| 29 | 2526014 | MANHARD Christina | 1990 | GER | 0.00 | |||
| 30 | 2527532 | KOVALSKAYA Violetta | 1991 | RUS | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | 2528282 | VASILYEVA Daria | 1990 | RUS | 0.00 | |||
| Disqualified | ||||||||
| 2527287 | POLESCHUK Danielle | 1986 | CAN | |||||
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 2526848 | STRYCHOVA Simona | 1990 | CZE | |||||
| Did not finish | ||||||||
| 2527349 | UMEHARA Reina | 1983 | JPN | |||||
Innichen/San Candido men's World Cup ski cross results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 5 | 2527624 | GASSER Patrick | 1985 | SUI | 1000.00 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 2451417 | MATT Andreas | 1982 | AUT | 800.00 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 2411938 | ZANGERL Thomas | 1983 | AUT | 600.00 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2527284 | ZORICIC Nick | 1983 | CAN | 500.00 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2527361 | PELLINEN Jouni | 1983 | FIN | 450.00 | ||
| 6 | 13 | 2448410 | NETZER Conradign | 1980 | SUI | 400.00 | ||
| 7 | 19 | 2447828 | BARR Davey | 1977 | CAN | 360.00 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 2528718 | CHAPUIS Jean Frederic | 1989 | FRA | 320.00 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 2526789 | STICKL Simon | 1987 | GER | 290.00 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 2386524 | KRAUS Tomas | 1974 | CZE | 260.00 | ||
| 11 | 12 | 2526820 | DELBOSCO Christopher | 1982 | CAN | 240.00 | ||
| 12 | 15 | 2527607 | BORGE LIE Thomas | 1985 | NOR | 220.00 | ||
| 13 | 16 | 2527042 | ECKERT Paul | 1990 | GER | 200.00 | ||
| 14 | 18 | 2526877 | BOVOLENTA Arnaud | 1988 | FRA | 180.00 | ||
| 15 | 20 | 2527030 | WOELFL Mathias | 1984 | GER | 160.00 | ||
| 16 | 22 | 2528200 | FISCHER Thomas | 1986 | GER | 150.00 | ||
| 17 | 2 | 2527142 | GRIMUS Anton | 1990 | AUS | 140.00 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 2528672 | DEVOUASSOUX Jonas | 1989 | FRA | 130.00 | ||
| 19 | 11 | 2527144 | KNELLER Scott | 1989 | AUS | 120.00 | ||
| 20 | 14 | 2528136 | DURAN Patrick | 1985 | USA | 110.00 | ||
| 21 | 17 | 2527399 | TELLER John | 1983 | USA | 100.00 | ||
| 22 | 21 | 2528541 | OEHLING NORBERG Victor | 1990 | SWE | 90.00 | ||
| 23 | 23 | 2526291 | NIEDERER Armin | 1987 | SUI | 80.00 | ||
| 24 | 24 | 2484604 | KOLLER Patrick | 1983 | AUT | 70.00 | ||
| 25 | 25 | 2527032 | FLISAR Filip | 1987 | SLO | 60.00 | ||
| 26 | 26 | 2422026 | LENEL Robin | 1985 | FRA | 50.00 | ||
| 27 | 27 | 2525886 | KOROTKOV Egor | 1986 | RUS | 45.00 | ||
| 28 | 28 | 2526998 | WAHRSTOETTER Christoph | 1989 | AUT | 40.00 | ||
| 29 | 29 | 2484520 | BENNETT Brian | 1980 | CAN | 36.00 | ||
| 30 | 30 | 2391471 | MANI Alois | 1983 | SUI | 32.00 | ||
| 31 | 31 | 2484379 | GASSER Philip | 1983 | SUI | 28.00 | ||
| 32 | 32 | 2526137 | FORSLUND Michael | 1986 | SWE | 26.00 | ||
| 33 | 2385263 | KONO Kenji | 1983 | JPN | 24.00 | |||
| 34 | 2527952 | WHELAN Peter Edwin | 1989 | GBR | 22.00 | |||
| 35 | 2526955 | FIVA Alex | 1986 | SUI | 20.00 | |||
| 36 | 2527297 | EIGLER Florian | 1990 | GER | 19.70 | |||
| 37 | 2526897 | DUNCAN David | 1982 | CAN | 19.40 | |||
| 38 | 2384681 | WALDNER Klaus | 1980 | AUT | 19.10 | |||
| 39 | 2526879 | STENGG Florian | 1989 | AUT | 18.80 | |||
| 40 | 2450835 | MIAILLIER Sylvain | 1986 | FRA | 18.50 | |||
| 41 | 2526785 | ZAGORSKI Wojciech | 1985 | POL | 18.20 | |||
| 42 | 2526576 | DUMAX BAUDRON Yann | 1988 | FRA | 17.90 | |||
| 43 | 2527709 | BJOERNNES Magnus | 1993 | NOR | 17.60 | |||
| 44 | 2527296 | BOHNACKER Daniel | 1990 | GER | 17.30 | |||
| 45 | 2526943 | RUDIGOZ Jean Christophe | 1981 | USA | 17.00 | |||
| 46 | 2528709 | CASTELLAZ Diego | 1985 | ITA | 16.70 | |||
| 47 | 2526949 | ADORJAN Matej | 1987 | SLO | 16.40 | |||
| 48 | 2527760 | REY Stanislas | 1988 | CAN | 16.10 | |||
| 49 | 2527622 | JUELL Didrik Bastian | 1990 | NOR | 15.80 | |||
| 50 | 2526947 | JECL Simon | 1986 | SLO | 15.50 | |||
| 51 | 2525885 | BONDAR Alexandr | 1988 | RUS | 15.20 | |||
| 52 | 2526804 | ROBINSON Craig | 1987 | GBR | 14.90 | |||
| 53 | 2526147 | SCHMALZL Diego | 1987 | ITA | 14.60 | |||
| 54 | 2526146 | MURER Matteo | 1986 | ITA | 14.30 | |||
| 55 | 2529001 | STRICKER Niko | 1990 | ITA | 14.00 | |||
| 56 | 2529018 | MARTINI Alex | 1986 | ITA | 0.00 | |||
| 57 | 2528199 | BARTALSKY Tomas | 1990 | SVK | 0.00 | |||
| 58 | 2485186 | TAKAC Petr | 1987 | CZE | 0.00 | |||
| 59 | 2526297 | VANZELLI Roberto | 1986 | ITA | 0.00 | |||
| 60 | 2484591 | KARSHENIEKS Arturs | 1984 | LAT | 0.00 | |||
| 61 | 2484562 | PICCARD Ted | 1978 | FRA | 0.00 | |||
| Did not start | ||||||||
| 2527846 | ANIKIN Ivan | 1988 | RUS | |||||
| Did not finish | ||||||||
| 2526556 | KOPRIVA Jakub | 1989 | CZE | |||||
| 2485016 | DANILOV Artem | 1986 | RUS | |||||
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