Canada’s Kevin Drury injured in ski cross crash, still takes silver

By Canadian Press on February 27, 2026.

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.

Contact at the front of the pack sent several racers tumbling, with Drury, from Toronto, caught in the wreckage before being awarded silver.

Germany’s Tim Hronek was the only skier to clear a key gate cleanly and secured his first career victory.

Fellow Canadian Reece Howden, the World Cup leader from Chilliwack, B.C., was the only racer to avoid the crash and crossed the line first, but was handed a yellow card for line deviation and placed fourth.

Drury and Germany’s Florian Wilmsmann were tied in the heat, with qualification results used as the tiebreaker to settle second place.

The extent of the Drury’s injury was not immediately known, and Hronek later dedicated the win to the 37-year-old Canadian veteran, who has said he plans to retire after this season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 27, 2026.

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