https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/02/09/lindsey-jacobellis-wins-snowboardcross-for-1st-u-s-gold-medal-of-beijing-olympics/ > By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers > ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday (late Tuesday night PT), riding hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title.