It's silver for Lindsey

Lindsey Jacobellis was clearly on the road for snowboard cross gold when the worst happened - she wiped out just before the last jump of the course. As she made the second to last jump she grabbed her board in what some say was showing off, and some say was an effort for stability in the wind. She scrambled up and followed Swede Tanja Frieden to the finish line for the silver medal.

"I was having fun," she said. "Snowboarding is fun. I was ahead. I wanted to share my enthusiasm with the crowd. I messed up. Oh well, it happens."

I have to say that after looking at the slow motion, I think she was trying to show off, but I don't fault her for it. She was way ahead and it was almost in the bag. I am really sad for her, but I can imagine how awesome it would have been if she would have succeeded with the trick and gone on to gold. It would have been history in this the first year of snowboard cross in the Olympics. She will certainly be remembered for it, and I hope that she can ride to gold in Vanouver 2010.

American snowboarder Jayson Hale said "It's kind of a little victory thing. And when you've got that much of a lead at the end, you throw in something for the crowd, for fun. It happens. Just not at the Olympics and not when you've got a medal in your hand."









Congrats on your medal Lindsey. You're still a champion.