Sixteen years after a fall in Torino resulted in silver, 36-year-oldLindsey Jacobellisdug deep Wednesday at her fifth Winter Games to capture the elusive title she's been pursuing for nearly two decades, simultaneously claiming Team USA's first gold of the 2022 Winter Olympics. For the m...
2010 OLYMPICS: ; Games focus on hockey, curling battles; U.S. snowboardcross star; Lindsey Jacobellis disqualified for hitting gate near finish line
Lindsey Jacobellis at the age of 36, is the oldest American woman to medal at the Winter Olympics. The following words about her 2022 Gold Medal win are from her February 9 interview with the New York Times. “It really shaped me into the individual that I am and kept me hungry, and ...
Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder who is one of the world’s top competitors in the alpine event known as snowboard cross. In that event multiple riders race simultaneously down a course that includes jumps, banked turns, and other features.