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.

Beijing 2022'Somehow he's survived that' — Foster walks away from horror crash on halfpipe38 MINUTES AGO “I actually felt like I was already in a winner just making it into the final,” she told NBC. “It’s been a long road, ups and downs, injuries. I was just trying to keep my flow because if I could get out ahead I knew I could stay ahead, but I was trying to not to have to battle through the pack.

“With all the experience, there’s still always the nerves. There’s always the stress and expectations that I put on myself. I was just trying to enjoy my fifth Games and not put the kind of stress on myself that I always have, but that’s unrealistic because we all want to come here to win.

I was just trying to take one heat at a time and it’s still a little unreal to me. “Racing with these girls definitely keeps me young. They just keep getting younger and I have to work that much harder.