ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) – Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis gained the US’ first title on the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, her girls’s snowboard cross gold medal serving to to erase the ache of an agonising mishap 16 years in the past.
Under is a few extra details about the American athlete https://www.reuters.com/way of life/sports activities/snowboarding-american-jacobellis-wins-womens-snowboard-cross-gold-2022-02-09:
Age: 36 (date of start: Aug. 19, 1985)
Place of origin: Danbury, Connecticut, United States.
Profession:
** The veteran American boarder has collected 31 World Cup wins, 10 X-Video games gold medals and one other six World Championships gold medals.
Previous Olympics:
** Ranked fourth at Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018
Led many of the means on the closing however was crushed by 0.003 seconds and off the rostrum.
** Ranked seventh at Sochi Olympics in 2014
Did not advance to the ultimate race and completed seventh in total standings.
** Ranked fifth at Vancouver Olympics in 2010
Ended with an automated disqualification in semi closing occasion and resulted fifth in total standings.
** Ranked second at Turin Olympics in 2006
Failed a showboating trick making an attempt to seize her board and was crushed into second place.
(Reporting by Winni Zhou and Mari Saito; Enhancing by Andrew Cawthorne)
Supply: KFGO
