- Lindsey Jacobellis
Lindsey Jacobellis (born
August 19 ,1985 inDanbury, Connecticut ) is an American Snowboarder fromStratton, Vermont .Jacobellis is one of the most decorated and successful women's snowboarders currently active in the world today. At the
2006 Winter Olympics , Jacobellis won the silver medal in her Women's Snowboard Cross Olympics debut.Olympic error
During the gold medal final of the Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics on
February 17 ,2006 , Jacobellis was approaching the end of the course with a 43-meter (140 ft), three-second lead overTanja Frieden ofSwitzerland . On the second-to-last jump, Jacobellis attempted amethod grab , landed on the edge of her snowboard, and fell. Frieden passed her to win the gold; Jacobellis settled for silver. In televised interviews, Jacobellis initially claimed the grab was meant to maintain stability, but later admitted that it was not necessary. Lindsey said "Snowboarding is fun, I was having fun." [http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/5113610/detail.html] A year later at the 2007 winter X-Games, she lost the lead in a fall near the finish line. She regained the gold medal in the same event atWinter X Games XII in 2008.In the press coverage that followed, sports analysts searched for a similar instance in which showboating dearly cost an athlete; often mentioned were
Leon Lett 's would-be touchdown in 1993'sSuper Bowl XXVII andBill Shoemaker 's standing in the saddle before the finish line of the 1957Kentucky Derby . [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/02/17/MNG9CHAGDC10.DTL] [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bal-oly217,0,1882175.story?coll=bal-home-headlines]External links
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021701471.html "Jacobellis Biffs It"] by Sally Jenkins, Washington Post,
18 February 2006
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_26917.htm Lindsey's U.S. Olympic Team bio] ... with photo galleries, wallpapers, video
* [http://www.go211.com/u/lbjacobellis Lindsey Jacobellis on Go211.com] Exclusive photos, videos and blogs submitted by Lindsey.
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