Americans Lindsey Jacobellis, 36, and Nick Baumgartner, 40, are the oldest medalists in Olympic snowboarding history.
Earlier in the quarterfinals, Baumgartner stuck behind Adam Lambert of Australia in the beginning before the two were passed by Lambert’s compatriot Cameron Bolton. Starting the latter leg in second, Jacobellis avoided two crashes from Australians Josie Baff and Belle Brockhoff to win the race and advance. Brockhoff was taken off the course by stretcher.
Jacobellis and Baumgartner celebrate after winning the first-ever gold in the newly created event, mixed team snowboard cross at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.The No. 2 U.S. team of Jake Vedder and Faye Gulini did not make it out of the round. Grondin dominated the men’s section, and Vedder clipped the back of Frenchman Merlin Surget‘s board on the second turn and went down, but caught back up to take third.
Italy’s Visintin and Moioli won the first quarterfinal, which only featured three teams rather than four due to the field’s odd number of 15, while Great Britain’s Nightingale and Bankes took the victory in the fourth and last heat. Mixed team snowboard cross is a relay-style event with pairs of one man and one woman competing in head-to-head heats of four. Men go first, and their results determine when the start gates open for their female teammates. The women’s race then decides the overall outcome.
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