Beijing 2022 marks Lindsey Jacobellis’s fifth Winter Olympics, and on Feb. 9, she clinched snowboard cross Olympic gold for the very first time. It was additionally Crew USA’s first gold at these Beijing Video games, and NBC Sports’ On Her Turf reports that, at 36, she’s now the oldest American lady to win a medal on the Winter Olympics.
Jacobellis got here into the Beijing Video games because the most decorated athlete in her sport. She was en route to say gold at her debut Olympic closing in Torino 2006, solely to complete second after attempting a celebratory grab and falling off track. Different Olympics ensued, although she didn’t medal: she landed fifth in Vancouver 2010, seventh in Sochi 2014, and near-podium fourth in Pyeongchang 2018.
“That was not in my thoughts,” Jacobellis stated following her victory, according to ESPN. “I wished to only come right here and compete. [Winning] would have been a pleasant, candy factor, however I believe if I had tried to spend time on the considered redemption, then it is taking away deal with the duty at hand, and that is not why I race.” She added, “This feels unimaginable as a result of this degree that every one the ladies are driving at is so much larger than it was 16 years in the past.”
GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS GOLD!@LindsJacobellis x #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/eqxHURS9OY
— Crew USA (@TeamUSA) February 9, 2022
France’s Chloé Trespeuch completed after Jacobellis to say silver, and Meryeta O’Dine, from Canada, took dwelling bronze. Forward, take a look at some memorable photographs from Jacobellis’s gold-medal second.
