Lindsey Jacobellis' naughty grab, France's mesmerising ice dance at Winter Olympics – Best of Beijing

BEST MOMENTS OF DAY 8 If at first you don't succeed... Ad/> Lindsey! Beijing 2022US Ski & Snowboard coach, athlete hit by claims of sexual misconduct and racism2 HOURS AGO You have to admire the guts. Sixteen years after she dropped one of the most infamous errors in Olympics history, Lindsey Jacobellis brain chimed in – “do it again”.

Leading into the final jump of the snowboard cross mixed team relay, the American couldn’t resist. While her grab wasn’t quite as audacious as the trick that saw her dreams unravel at Turin 2006 – a trick that left her sprawled in the snow as gold turned to silver – it was still something we would file under ‘unnecessary’. But also under ‘more of that please’.

Jacobellis has firmly lifted her Olympic curse with two golds in Beijing. Now when she watches that clip from Turin she can simply smile and know it laid the foundations for one of the great Winter Games comeback tales. She hasn’t committed to defending her titles at Milan-Cortina 2026, but nor has she quite ruled it out – all too aware of the optics if she quits aged 36 but her 40-year-old relay team-mate Nick Baumgartner goes on.

“If I don’t quit, she’s not quitting!” boomed Baumgartner at the finish. Lindsey, if you do continue, let’s go for a front flip next time, yeah? Please don't stop the music If you take to the ice in see-through tops, you better be good. But Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron weren’t just good… they were mesmerising.