Snowboard Cross World Cup: Charlotte Bankes wins gold in Spain

Charlotte Bankes followed her latest win on Saturday with a third podium finish of the World Cup season on Sunday

Great Britain's Charlotte Bankes clinched a second consecutive victory of the Snowboard Cross World Cup season with gold in Sierra Nevada on Saturday.

Bankes, 28, followed up February's first win of the campaign in Georgia with another in the first of a weekend double-header at the Spanish resort.

She was then third on Sunday, in a race that World Cup points leader Chloe Trespeuch failed to finish.

Bankes is now fourth in the standings, 163 points behind France's Trespeuch.

The Briton has another five races of the season remaining as she attempts to win a third consecutive overall title in the women's snowboard cross division.

On Saturday, she beat the Czech Republic's Eva Adamczykova into second place, while Trespeuch was third.

It was the 2021 world champion's 17th individual World Cup win of her career.

She then clinched a third podium of the season on Sunday, finishing behind Italian winner Michela Moioli and Australia's Josie Baff, who are now second and third, respectively, in the overall standings.

"Great to get the win going into this big block of racing ahead," said Bankes on Saturday.

"Great team effort with fast board and great game plan that I was able to finish off."

The season continues in Cortina, Italy, on 9 March, before finishing with two more double-headers in Montafon, Austria (15-17 March) and Mont St Anne in Canada (22-24 March).