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Lindsey Jacobellis claims the first gold medal for the U.S. at the 2022 Winter Olympics
NBC Sports on MSN ^ | 2/9/22 | Mary Omatiga

Posted on 02/09/2022 7:18:54 AM PST by hoagy62

Lindsey Jacobellis (Roxbury, CT) picked up the U.S.’s first gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics with a win in Women’s Snowboard Cross on Wednesday.

At 36-years-old, Jacobellis is now the oldest American woman to win a winter Olympic medal of any color in any sport and the oldest snowboard medalist ever. The Beijing Winter Games marks the fifth Olympic appearance for the Connecticut native. It has been 16 years since Jacobellis, who was not expected to contend for a medal in Beijing, has finished on the Olympic podium.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: american; jabobellis; olympicgold
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Finally, a gold! The oldest American woman to win a Winter Games medal, and the oldest snowboard medalist. I guess age and experience DO mean something!

Shawn White is also supposed to compete...and he's 35. He's not expected to win, but that's also what they said in PyeongCheng...and he won the gold.

1 posted on 02/09/2022 7:18:54 AM PST by hoagy62
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There’s Olympics?


2 posted on 02/09/2022 7:20:44 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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Slovenia has more gold medals than we do.


3 posted on 02/09/2022 7:23:31 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Tommy Revolts

&sigh* I know.


4 posted on 02/09/2022 7:25:01 AM PST by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Slovenia is probably feeding their athletes themselves and not trusting China to feed them.


5 posted on 02/09/2022 7:25:09 AM PST by Jonty30 (I love giving directions, because it is like me tell people where to go and how to get there.)
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To: hoagy62

Some low level chicom is currently on their way to a labor camp for not having this athlete test postive earlier.


6 posted on 02/09/2022 7:25:30 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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"Jacobellis is now the oldest American woman to win a winter Olympic medal of any color in any sport
Are they talking about the color of the medal or the color of skin?
7 posted on 02/09/2022 7:25:46 AM PST by Niteranger68 (There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate)
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Color of medal...unless sarcasm was the point.


8 posted on 02/09/2022 7:26:52 AM PST by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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Was this the nitwit who lost the gold some years ago because she was showing off on the slope and fell on her ass on the last jump with her nearest competitor far behind?


9 posted on 02/09/2022 7:28:46 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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“...of any color...”

And of course that’s only important to the MSM, libtards, democrats, socialists, and all other said ilk.


10 posted on 02/09/2022 7:28:54 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: hoagy62

#UygurOlympics


11 posted on 02/09/2022 7:31:11 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything.)
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To: Alberta's Child

It is. That was in 2006. A little redemption here.


12 posted on 02/09/2022 7:34:10 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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Was this the nitwit who lost the gold some years ago because she was showing off on the slope and fell on her ass on the last jump with her nearest competitor far behind?

Yep, at Turin back in 2006.

13 posted on 02/09/2022 7:35:28 AM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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I read it as skin color since the press is so obsessed with that. (See Tagline.) However, after review, they probably meant Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals.


14 posted on 02/09/2022 7:40:55 AM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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“Are they talking about the color of the medal or the color of skin?”

You missed 8th grade grammar class?


15 posted on 02/09/2022 7:54:53 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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The olympics are unwatchable. They keep running a commercial with a group of female runners at the starting gate. All are white except for the American. The camera pulls in on her and the voice over states “I am black surrounded by whites”. Who cares!


16 posted on 02/09/2022 7:54:58 AM PST by RBW in PA
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...a valuable lesson
17 posted on 02/09/2022 7:55:51 AM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: TexasGator

Do you want the manager Karen?


18 posted on 02/09/2022 7:57:09 AM PST by Niteranger68 (There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate)
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To: hoagy62

OUR FIRST????? OMG..America is Nothing like it used to be!!.


19 posted on 02/09/2022 7:57:39 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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“Do you want the manager Karen?”

Karen is the manager?


20 posted on 02/09/2022 8:01:47 AM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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