Scott Croxall Bullish at Ice Cross Downhill Worlds

Canada’s Scott Croxall won the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship on Saturday by finishing in a solid fourth place under enormous pressure in the final Red Bull Crashed Ice of the 2017/18 season as Austria’s Luca Dallago took top honors in a race for the second time this year.

In a dramatic finish to the 18th season of the world’s fastest sport on skates in Edmonton defending champion Cameron Naasz (USA) was knocked out in the semi-final in the racing action due to a collision with Marco Dallago of Austria in a tight corner shortly after the start and had to settle for a disappointing fifth place in the race and second place overall.

It was Croxall’s second world championship in the sport where athletes race down ice tracks at speeds of up to 80 km/h after he took the coveted title in 2015.

Maxwell Dunne (USA) grabbed second place behind Luca Dallago on the 455-meter long obstacle-filled ice track with a 40-meter vertical drop while Kyle Croxall (CAN) was third.