Lindsey Jacobellis finally wins Olympic gold medal, 1st for US
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Winter Olympics: Lindsey Jacobellis' snowboard cross gold exorcises demons from Turin
If ever there was a lesson in never giving up, Lindsey Jacobellis is its epitome.
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Lindsey Jacobellis had ‘bad rep for a long time’ prior to Beijing Olympics redemption – Billy Morgan
Lindsey Jacobellis’ triumph in the women’s snowboard cross at Beijing 2022 is “incredible”, according to Eurosport expert Billy Morgan, who claimed the American had a “bad rep for a long time” after her showboating fail at Turin 2006. The 36-year-old defied the odds to end her wait for an elusive Olympic gold medal – 16 years after she blew a huge lead when crashing after a needless flair trick in the final. Ad/> Three more chances at the Olympics came and went for Jacobellis, most recently when she dropped from first to last in the final at PyeongChang 2018, but she wrote a spectacular final chapter in her storied career with victory on Wednesday.
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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.
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.