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    Lindsey Jacobellis erases memories of Torino with snowboard gold

    by Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times Feb 09, 2022 3 minutes

    ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Go ahead. Keep talking about 2006.

    Lindsey Jacobellis was on the second-to-last jump in the Olympic snowboard cross final when she decided to spice things up. Rather than taking her considerable lead to the finish, she decided to do a needless backside air, but instead she fell. By the time she recovered, her gold had turned to silver. And that's exactly what got her here, on top of an Olympic podium 5,000 miles away from Torino, Italy.

    The 36-year-old five-time Olympian finally

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