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Lindsey Jacobellis pulls off board grab to win second Olympic gold, 16 years after showboat fail at Turin 2006

Sixteen years on from a showboat that would seemingly haunt her for the rest of her career, Lindsey Jacobellis pulled off the ultimate flex in what could well have been her final jump at an Olympics. Jacobellis’ name became synonymous with celebrating too early when she attempted a board grab in the dying moments of the women's snowboard cross big final at Turin 2006, a move which famously cost her gold as she fell in the final straight to gift Switzerland’s Tanja Frieden victory.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain jump two places in women's curling standings after ROC and Canada lose

Great Britain have jumped two places up the women’s curling standings in Beijing after the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Canada both lost their round robin matches. GB sat in eighth out of the ten teams after their 9-7 loss to South Korea on Friday but other results from Saturday’s games have seen them rise to joint-sixth.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Lindsey Jacobellis wins second gold in mixed team snowboard cross with Nick Baumgartner

Lindsey Jacobellis clinched a second gold of Beijing 2022 after winning the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross with American team-mate Nick Baumgartner. Just three days after winning gold in the women’s cross, 16 years after her Turin heartbreak, Jacobellis was celebrating another victory at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

Watch Canada battle the U.S. in Olympic men's hockey

Click on the video player above to watch Team Canada take on the U.S. at the Olympic men's hockey tournament in Beijing.

Canada’s O'Dine, Grondin win bronze in mixed snowboard cross

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Canada's Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O'Dine have won the bronze medal in mixed team snowboard cross at the Beijing Olympics.

Snowboarding-US veterans win gold in snowboard cross mixed team event

ZHANGJIAKOU, China :The United States won gold in the inaugural snowboard cross mixed team event at the Beijing Games on Saturday, with Lindsey Jacobellis beating Italian Michela Moioli in a nail-biting final race.

Winter Olympics: Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner win snowboard cross mixed team gold

Lindsey Jacobellis won her second gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics as she and United States team-mate Nick Baumgartner — with a combined age of 76 — won the inaugural snowboard cross mixed team title.

Medals update: Experience wins out as USA's Baumgartner and Jacobellis scoop mixed team snowboard cross gold

The United States team of Nick Baumgartner (40) and Lindsey Jacobellis (36) were fastest and best in the chaotic debut of mixed team snowboard cross finals here at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Despite heavy snow falling from the quarter-final stage on, the oldest team in the field kept their cool to take the historic gold.

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Lindsey Jacobellis pulls off board grab to win second Olympic gold, 16 years after showboat fail at Turin 2006

Winter Olympics 2022 - Great Britain jump two places in women's curling standings after ROC and Canada lose

Winter Olympics 2022 - Lindsey Jacobellis wins second gold in mixed team snowboard cross with Nick Baumgartner

Watch Canada battle the U.S. in Olympic men's hockey

Canada’s O'Dine, Grondin win bronze in mixed snowboard cross

Snowboarding-US veterans win gold in snowboard cross mixed team event

Winter Olympics: Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner win snowboard cross mixed team gold

Medals update: Experience wins out as USA's Baumgartner and Jacobellis scoop mixed team snowboard cross gold