Date uploaded: 2022-02-09 13:30:38

Go ahead and call it redemption. Just know that Lindsey Jacobellis has never thought of it that way. "That was not in my mind," Jacobellis, 36, said not long after she secured Team USA’s first gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Jacobellis, competing in her fifth Winter Games, won gold in the snowboardcross competition Wednesday. Her previous best finish was winning silver at the 2006 Olympics. "I wanted to just come here and compete. It would have been a nice, sweet thing, but I think if I tried to spin the thought of redemption, then it’s (not) the task at hand. And that’s not why I race. That’s not why I’ve been a competitor." Tap the link in bio to read more. 📸 @danielleparhiz, @guygruber, @usatodaysports #lindseyjacobellis #gold #teamusa #bejing2022