- Lindsay Jacobellis captured her second gold medal in four days
- US pair the oldest Americans to win gold at a Winter Games since 1948
After waiting 16 years to win a first Olympic gold medal, Lindsay Jacobellis captured her second in four days on Saturday after pairing with Nick Baumgartner to win the inaugural mixed team snowboard cross event.
In a heart-pounding final race, Jacobellis frittered away the 0.04sec lead supplied by her team-mate in the first wave, but made a late move to take the inside track on Italy’s Michela Moioli and held on to win by 0.20sec beneath heavy snowfall at the Genting Snow Park in the mountain village of Zhangjiakou. Moioli and Omar Visintin settled for the silver medal, while Canada’s Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O’dine won bronze.
