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Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner become the oldest snowboarders to win any Olympic medal with mixed team victory

Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis won gold in mixed team snowboard cross, but allegations of misconduct against their coach made Saturday a difficult day to process.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Canada's Meryeta O'Dine was focused on popping out of a roller and gaining more ground in the mixed team snowboard cross big final at the Beijing Olympics when a body flew into her, knocking her to the ground.

The stereotype of action sports as the domain of the young and the cool is long out of date. The demographics of these sports – surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, climbing, mountain biking – have been expanding to include more girls and women, queer and non-binary people and older participants.

BEIJING — Lindsey Jacobellis on Wednesday won the first gold medal for USA at the Beijing Games, besting the field in snowboard cross.

Here are the latest Top News stories from The Canadian Press. All times are Eastern unless otherwise stated. Coverage plans are included when available. Entries are subject to change as news develops.

Now 36 and in her fifth Olympics, she became the oldest U.S. woman to win a gold.

Lindsey Jacobellis won the gold at the Beijing Olympics after dramatic fall in Turin 2006

Lindsey Jacobellis's heartbreaking 16-year wait for an Olympic snowboardcross gold medal is over after the Turin mistake in 2006.