Lindsey Jacobellis says famous 2006 fall ‘shaped her’ to win historic gold at Beijing Olympics
Lindsey Jacobellis got the United States’ 2022 Winter Olympics campaign on track by capturing her nation’s first gold medal of the tournament.
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Belle Brockhoff suffers Beijing 2022 heartache in snowboard cross final as Lindsey Jacobellis finally finds form 16 years on
Snowboard cross can be a brutal sport.
Snowboarder Jacobellis wins first US gold at the Beijing Games
Jacobellis, who on Wednesday won her country's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, never stopped fighting even after being dogged for 16 years by a fumble that came to define her career. In a moment that was instantly televised and endlessly ridiculed, Jacobellis was within meters of winning gold in 2006 - the first time snowboard cross was included in the Games - when she fluffed a trick move and was overtaken at the finish line. The 36-year old, who until Wednesday had failed to reach the podium in the past three Olympics, was adamant that hers was not an easy redemption story but one of perseverance and grit.
Olympic wake-up call: O'Dine makes good on her Olympic 2nd chance
Meryeta O'Dine won Canada's seventh medal of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday, picking up a bronze in the women's snowboard cross final at the Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium in Zhangjiakou, China.
Snowboard silver for France as Jacobellis wins first US gold of the Olympics
Jacobellis was within metres of winning the event in 2006 – the first time it was included in the Games – when she threw in a showboating trick trying to grab her board, only to fall and get overtaken at the line.
Snowboarding: Jacobellis earns first US gold and long-awaited redemption
ZHANGJIAKOU, Hebei: Lindsey Jacobellis claimed the first gold medal for the United States at the Beijing Olympics when she won the snowboard cross final on Wednesday (Feb 9) and finally found redemption after her career-defining fail at the Turin Games 16 years ago.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Japan's Ryota Yamamoto tops Nordic combined leaderboard after ski jumping
Ryota Yamamoto tops the Nordic combined individual normal hill/10km leaderboard after the ski jumping competition. Yamamoto flattened the field with a monster jump of 108m earning him 133 points.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Disbelief’ - GB medal favourite Charlotte Bankes in shock after missing out on podium
Team GB gold medal favourite Charlotte Bankes says she was in a state of “disbelief” after missing out on racing for the podium in snowboard cross. The world champion could only place third in the quarter-final after making a mistake on one of the banks which allowed a rival to undertake her and then losing out on second in the final jump. Ad/> The USA’s Lindsey Jacobellis exorcised demons of missing out on gold at Turin 2006 to take a sensational victory, making her America's oldest Winter Olympic champion at 36.