Ski cross racer Scott Kneller became Australia’s first World Cup gold medalist ever in his discipline and this this season with a surprise victory in Italy last night. Competing at the Innichen/San Candido resort in only his second World Cup season and going into the final with the 12th fastest qualifying time, the 21-year-old AIS/NSWIS scholarship athlete held on to cross the line merely 20-centimetres ahead of Switzerland’s Alex Fiva with American John Treller in third.