Lindsay Jacobellis won her first Winter Olympic gold medal in yesterday's women's steeplechase final. As america's most awarded athlete in the snowboard slalom chase, she had the opportunity to harvest at the Winter Olympics in Turin 16 years ago...
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Less than 100 meters from the finish line, at least 30 meters behind her, this is the situation of 20-year-old Lindsay Jacobellis before the final of the women's obstacle course at the Turin Winter Olympics, such a huge advantage, as long as the steady progress, the gold medal will be in the pocket, and she is constantly doing cool grabs, and then in front of the last ramp, she did not land steadily, then fell, and was surpassed by the Swiss Freden behind her before the finish line.
The word "Infamous" means "notorious," and that's what the media said about her behavior at the time, a more frustrating word than a loser.
The earth-shattering mistake of the Turin Winter Olympics
This mistake at the Turin Winter Olympics has been with her entire sports career, whenever she is on the Olympic stage again, the media always forget to take this matter out and ridicule it, and her Olympic career is like a curse, in 2010 she did not reach the final to avoid collisions, in 2014 she made a mistake when she was in the lead, missed the final again, in 2016 she reached the final, and most of the time was in the leading position, but finally missed the medal with a disadvantage of 0.003 seconds.
In 2010, the flag was lifted
In 2014, he fell out again
But she did not give up because of falls and failures, the Beijing Winter Olympics is her fifth Winter Olympics, she made a comeback, led, the first to cross the line, helped the United States win the first gold medal of this Winter Olympics. You must know that in the long history of participating in the Winter Olympics, the United States has never had to spend 6 days to win a gold medal, this is the first time, and it is Lindsay Jacobellis who has been spit on by them for 16 years and knows what "patience" is the most. Her gold medal has been waiting for 16 years.
"Outsiders can say whatever they want, but that made me who I am now, kept me hungry for victory, and kept fighting in the sport." Falling again and again, standing up again and again, even in the face of ridicule, she never gave up. Isn't that the Olympic spirit? Today, many people are talking about who beat themselves, and Lindsay Jacobelis also beat her 20-year-old self.