Lindsey Jacobellis Wins First US Gold at Beijing Winter Olympics

Gold medalist Lindsey Jacobellis of Team United States poses during the Women's Snowboard Cross flower ceremony on Day 5 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 9, 2022. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

In her fifth Olympic competition, Lindsey Jacobellis won her first gold medal in the Women’s Snowboard Cross for the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday at Genting Snow Park; a reprieve after losing a last-second lead at Turin in 2006.

Sixteen years ago, Jacobellis slipped as she prematurely celebrated while grabbing her board, losing her lead to finish with the silver.