US EditionCanada's Kevin Drury Injured in Ski Cross Crash, Still Takes Silver in Final Race
Kevin Drury suffered a severe leg injury in a multi-skier crash but secured silver at the Kopaonik World Cup, marking his 20th career podium and final race.
- On Friday in Kopaonik, Serbia, Kevin Drury, 37-year-old Canadian ski cross racer, crashed in the World Cup ski cross big final but still won the silver medal.
- Contact at the front of the pack caused Wilmsmann to fall, taking out Hronek and Drury behind him, after clipping skis with Reece Howden early in the race.
- Drury later shared a photo showing his lower leg heavily bandaged and wrote 'Not the way I wanted to end my career but I'll take the podium.'
- Contact at the front of the pack meant officials ruled Drury and Wilmsmann tied and used qualifying ranks as tiebreakers, while Drury's injury extent remains uncertain.
- With retirement planned after this season, Drury, who opened the season with a Val Thorens victory, now faces impacts on standings including World Cup leader Reece Howden.
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Prince George CitizenCanada's Kevin Drury injured in ski cross crash, still takes silver in final race
KOPAONIK — Kevin Drury’s ski cross career ended in a pileup — and on the podium. The Canadian freestyle veteran was injured in a violent crash in the men’s big final at a World Cup stop Friday but was still awarded second place. Contact at the front of the pack sent several racers tumbling, with Drury, from Toronto, caught in the wreckage. The extent of his injury was not immediately known. Drury and Germany’s Florian Wilmsmann were ruled tied i…
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Rocky Mountain OutlookCanada's Kevin Drury injured in ski cross crash, still takes silver
KOPAONIK - Canada’s Kevin Drury was injured in a violent, multi-skier crash in the men’s ski cross big final at a World Cup stop Friday, but still finished second.
Canadian Kevin Drury got hurt in a big final of the Ski Cross World Cup in Kopaonik, Serbia, on Friday.
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