Lindsey Jacobellis had gone 16 years in search of the Olympic gold medal that she squandered back in 2006, when she fell just before the finish line.
Now she has two.
The second came in mixed team snowboard cross, an event that made its Olympic debut on Saturday. The veteran American pairing of Jacobellis, 36, and Nick Baumgartner, 40, showed the younger athletes that they are not being slowed by age.
Jacobellis and Baumgartner, longtime friends and the two leading veterans of the sport for the United States, embraced after Jacobellis crossed the line.
“We’re the ’80s babies,” Jacobellis told NBC afterward. “We came in hot today and we’re really excited about it.”
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