The first gold medal for the United States at the 2022 Beijing Olympics is a very special one.
Lindsey Jacobellis was forever known for having a humongous lead in the 2006 Turin Olympics finals in snowboardcross before trying a trick out before the finish line and crashing. She got a silver that year, and since then? She didn’t get into the medal round in the 2010 and 2014 Games.
In 2018? She finished in fourth.
Not this time. She won gold in Beijing, at 36 years old, making her the oldest snowboarder ever to medal. What a story. No more talk of that mistake in 2006. Now, she’s forever a gold medalist.