295k Followers 1559 Following 1613 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lindsey Jacobellis lindseyjacobellis. Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis became the first American gold medalist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics jumping to an early lead and holding on.
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9 2022 1243 PM UTC By Associated Press Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday riding hard to the line in her snowboardcross.
. Lindsey Jacobellis born August 19 1985 is an American snowboarder. S nowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis has won the United Statess first gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The 36-year-old who is competing in her fifth Games led from the front to beat Frances Chloe Trespeuch who now adds Olympic silver to the bronze medal she won at Sochi 2014.
Let that sink in for a moment because Jacobellis has been trying for 16 years. Jacobellis dominated the snowboard cross for almost two decades winning X Games 10 times and the world championship 6 times but she had less success at the Olympics. Rather than taking her considerable lead to the finish she decided to do.
After 16 years of trying Jacobellis at 36 became the oldest American woman to. BEIJING Lindsey Jacobellis is finally an Olympic gold medalist. The United States Lindsey Jacobellis celebrates after winning a gold medal in the womens cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics Wednesday in Zhangjiakou China.
Jacobellis helped make the wild sport of snowboardcross famous. Lindsey Jacobellis was on the second-to-last jump in the Olympic snowboard cross final when she decided to spice things up. Lindsey Jacobellis proved that age is just a number as she produced an incredible performance to win gold in the womens snowboard cross final.