The second day of the SkySnow World Championships 2022 saw Del Pero win the gold medal in the men’s classic event.

He had been crowned the first SkySnow world champion when he won the vertical men’s event.

Today, Del Pero won the 12.5 kilometres race, which included a a 925 metres vertical climb and started at dusk, in 66min 47sec. 

In an event where competitors were guided by headlamps, Mike Popejoy from the United States finished second, seven seconds behind Pero.

Russia's Aleksei Pagnuev took the bronze medal in 67:22.

In the women’s classic, Spain’s Virginia Perez Mesonero clinched the gold medal in 78:39. 

Joana Soares of Portugal finished second 49 seconds behind Mesonero as Sweden's Sanna El Kott Helander was third in 80:41.

Del Pero's two victories made him an easy winner of the combined event with team-mates Lorenzo Rota Martir and Daniele Cappelletti taking second and third.  

Martir had had finished third yesterday and fourth today, while Cappelletti was fourth in the shorter race and fifth in the longer event. 

Lina El Kott Helander of Sweden, winner of the vertical race, took the women's combined event, narrowly ahead of Mesonero with Soares third. 

At the end of the event, Italy topped the medals table with four, a silver and two bronze.

Sweden came second with two golds and a bronze.

Spain finished third with one gold, three silvers and a bronze.