Snowboarding-Gold medal-winning knee grab controversy causes frustration
BEIJING : The men's snowboarding slopestyle final at the Beijing Olympics seemed to have a picture-perfect ending when Max Parrot took gold following a comeback from cancer.
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'One year at a time' - Lindsey Jacobellis won't commit to defending snowboarding titles in Italy
Lindsey Jacobellis wouldn't be drawn on her future after taking an incredible second gold medal of Beijing 2022 by winning the mixed team snowboard cross alongside Nick Baumgartner — where she even laid to rest ghosts of the past by pulling off an audacious board grab. Jacobellis famously threw away a gold medal at Turin 2006 after she attempted a board grab, only to fall in the final straight.
'It’s not been the Olympics I hoped for' - Charlotte Bankes reflects after medal-less Games
Charlotte Bankes admits her time in Beijing hasn’t gone as planned despite an impressive display in the mixed team snowboard cross event. Putting the disappointment of her quarter-final exit in the women’s event behind her, Bankes teamed up with Huw Nightingale and helped GB win their quarter-final, despite having to climb from fourth position following her partner’s run.
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO Oro para los 'viejos rockeros' del snow: suman 76 años
«Nunca es demasiado tarde para conseguir lo que quieres de la vida y alcanzar tus sueños. Te defraudas a ti mismo si renuncias demasiado pronto. No importa la edad que tengas. Somos los orgullosos bebés de los 80», afirmaba Nick Baumgartner, que a sus 40 años es el representante más veterano de la delegación estadounidense. Y si ya era ejemplo para los jóvenes, su actuación en Pekín demuestra que la edad es únicamente un número en un documento. Algo parecido ocurre con su compañera del equipo mixto de EE UU en el snowboard cross la flamante campeona olímpica de la especialidad en categoría individual Lindsey Jacobellis.
Old dogs’ new tricks win US gold in inaugural team snowboard
After waiting 16 years to win a first Olympic gold medal, Lindsay Jacobellis captured her second in four days on Saturday after pairing with Nick Baumgartner to win the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross event.
Olympics-Snowboarding-Old is gold, Americans say experience counts at Games
By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou
After five Winter Olympics, American snowboarding superstar Shaun White bids a teary farewell
There were tears. Lots of tears. Some laughs and plenty of smiles, but mostly tears, as the greatest snowboarder of all time, Shaun White, bowed out of competition after the snowboard halfpipe final.