A quick shoutout for two medals that I missed from the weekend, both involving teamwork!
Mixed Team Snowboard Cross
Gold Medalist Lindsey Jacobellis was joined by another veteran of the sport, Nick Baumgartner, for Snowboard Cross and they brought home the gold! I don’t think anyone has called them old directly but all of the media loved combining their ages to passively-aggressively call them old. I’m a little disappointed they don’t have to physically hand something to each other like a proper relay but it was still fun to watch Nick have a lot of emotions while watching Lindsey bring home the gold.
Freestyle Skiing – Mixed Team Aeriels
Chris Lillis, Ashley Caldwell and Justin Schoenefeld combined their high flying, twisty-turny, flippity flips on skis for a gold medal. You can watch some highlights here. But serious question, why did the Chinese dude that landed, did a front flip and landed that as well not get extra points for that? Some other people look like they bounce their butt off the ground on their landing, seems like the easier option to me. I do like how they all seemingly add some extra waves in the middle of their jumps just to say hi. It’s a nice touch.
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