SOURCE: Jr. Worlds - LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 28, 2010) ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú The action was fast and furious in today?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s freestyle ski cross at Cardrona Alpine Resort in the 2010 FIS Junior World Championships with Switzerland and Norway taking out the honours.
The battle in the women?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s final was fierce with Fanny Smith (SUI) demonstrating how she has earned her top five ranking. After a bad start, she soon took the lead with Katrin Ofner (AUT) hot on her heals, a mistake on the second to last jump saw her lose her lead with Ofner taking full opportunity. However Smith?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s experience kicked in and she reined in Ofner, taking a smart line on the last berm putting her across the finish line in first place. Meanwhile the battle for second and third was taking place behind her with Ofner just taking silver ahead of Yulia Livinskaya (RUS) and Violetta Kovalskaya (RUS) came in fourth. ?¢‚Ǩ?ìIt was a great race and very tough,?¢‚Ǩ¬ù said Smith. ?¢‚Ǩ?ìI didn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t start as well as I could have but I came here to win and I knew that I must win so I did everything I could and it worked!?¢‚Ǩ¬ù
