Canada's Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold in Georgia

Canadian ski cross racer Reece Howden captured gold on Saturday at a World Cup event in Gudauri, Georgia, marking his fourth victory and fifth medal of the season.Countrymate Courtney Hoffos also reached the podium with a third-place finish in the women's race.Howden, a 26-year-old from Cultus Lake, B.C., beat Germany's Florian Wilmsmann to win the four-man big final. Italy's Simone Deromedis, who won Friday's race, took bronze.Howden bounced back from a rough start to the Gudauri World Cup that