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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.
Winter Olympics: Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis says 2006 fall inspired Beijing gold
Lindsey Jacobellis got the United States’ 2022 Winter Olympics campaign on track by capturing her nation’s first gold medal of the tournament.
Lindsey Jacobellis enjoys Beijing Winter Olympics redemption 16 years after horror fumble
Team USA's Lindsey Jacobellis on Wednesday won her country's first gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, finally enjoying redemption 16 years after showboating near the finish cost her the title.
Beijing Winter Olympics: Team Ireland in snowboard halfpipe and slalom skiing
Team Ireland were in action on day five of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with Seamus O’Connor finishing 15th in the men's snowboard halfpipe while Tess Arbez finished 48th overall in women’s slalom skiing.
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.
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.