bigbluepride35 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) I'm sure plenty of people heard about this story already. I first heard it on the radio at work. If not, well it's a dandy. Lindsey Jacobellis had the women's snowboard cross gold medal locked with an apparently insurmountable lead. Then she did something all sports stars get tempted to do when they think they have something sealed. She decided to showboat and do a grab trick on the second-to-last jump of the course. The result? She fell on her ass and lost that previously thought insurmountable lead. In an ESPN.com article she gets deservedly drubbed and compared to Leon Lett, among others. Just one more reason to hate showboating. She cost the U.S. a gold medal it should have had locked up and though that part upsets me, she got what she deserved. Edited February 18, 2006 by bigbluepride35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Yeah I saw that, sorry for your country, but I laughed my ass off... I would have if it happened to any other country too. That was just pure selfishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tran Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I saw this one on CBC. I kinda feel sorry for her but it is a lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hmm... Sure she shouldn't have done it, but meh, she still got Silver. Perhaps it's killing her that she should have the gold, but by the looks of it, doesn't seem to bother her... People will laugh at her, but she seems like a decently successful athlete regardless. If I was leading by that much, I probably would've done the same thing :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxster17 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Well you know the say...**** happens. She probably just got too excited and what not, and couldn't resist having a little more fun. Sure it's the same, but not everything goes the way it's supposed to. Like look at the Canadians as well, Ricker had the best qualifying and she caught an edge going off the jump and completely wiped out. Sometimes things don't always turn out like you expect. Although, yeah, if I was her, I for sure would've just coasted my way down nice and easy and not risk it doing something stupid...ah well...live and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Anyone got a video? I've got to see this :woot:! What a dumbass :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D!ABOL!C Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Anyone got a video? I've got to see this :woot:! What a dumbass :no: NBC just showed the last run. She goofed. It happens. She was smoking them pretty bad. Lucky for her two of the boarders wiped out, one early then the other flew through a fence, it was crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted February 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted February 18, 2006 yea, she shouldn't have had a message at all. she was bailed out by everyone else screwing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmithg Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Haven't seen it myself, would luv to see it. However, I think the winter olympics is better than the summer olympics, GBR blew a medal in the Mens skeleton yesterday, we may have a chance in the curling and the medal we got was in the Womens skeleton. If I had the time I could watch in all day, Bobsleigh 2 and 4, I like the most, but the Mens snowboarding 1/8 finals was magic, can't believe though some dude cuts up seriously some other dude (I know you are allowed to cut up on the ground) and doesn't qualify and he is hugging his victor, amazing. I would like to see Mens bare-chest sliding around the skeleton course, that would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youm0nt Veteran Posted February 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted February 18, 2006 Anyone got a video? I've got to see this :woot:! What a dumbass :no: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html "Nissan Extreme POD: W's SBX Even in an event known for unpredictability, the women's snowboard ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Oh that was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html "Nissan Extreme POD: W's SBX Even in an event known for unpredictability, the women's snowboard ..." Oh man, it says it can't be shown in my country! Any way to get around that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Oh man, it says it can't be shown in my country! Any way to get around that? Same problem here. Damn so annoying. But I think I saw it happen anyway...completely idiot. Deserved to be disqualified for stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Damn - I wanna see it, can anyone package it up and upload it somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I watched the entire replay of the race last night just to see the debacle in all it's glory. I'm ashamed, I really am. To me, it's a sign of disrespect to not only the other girls she was racing against but also the sport itself. It's like a baseball player walking all the way to first base after a home run or something. She had the race won from the beginning and would have won even if those other girls didn't scrub out. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlepage Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 aw come on. if i ever went to the olympics, it would be because i have fun doing what i do. you can'T blame her for having fun! the basic objective of these olympics are to tell who has the best fun doing their sport, for all i care :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 she obviously shouldnt have done it, but i am happy she did and swiss won gold :D i dont feel sory one bit :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Yeah, I was watching that on TV. As she starting gaining a bigger lead, I was thinking "she's going to get this cocky attitude and blow it", and sure enough a few seconds later she started showing off and fell. I'm sure she's upset at herself enough without me laughing, but I did anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whizbt77 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 well i give her props to make snowboard cross a little more interesting and plus, if she had gotten gold, there would have been nothing of this talk about her showing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 it was just a grab and shes an olympic snowboarder, she should have stuck the landing regardless, this was karma :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dheaddy Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I watched this last night and laughed my ass off, such a bad time to show off! Can any friendly Americans package this video up so the rest of us on the other side of the pond can enjoy it please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1WayJonny Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I'm sure plenty of people heard about this story already. I first heard it on the radio at work. If not, well it's a dandy. Lindsey Jacobellis had the women's snowboard cross gold medal locked with an apparently insurmountable lead. Then she did something all sports stars get tempted to do when they think they have something sealed. She decided to showboat and do a grab trick on the second-to-last jump of the course. The result? She fell on her ass and lost that previously thought insurmountable lead. In an ESPN.com article she gets deservedly drubbed and compared to Leon Lett, among others. Just one more reason to hate showboating. She cost the U.S. a gold medal it should have had locked up and though that part upsets me, she got what she deserved. DUMB BIT....... yea this sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpl318 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Wow that was dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical112 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 i cant c the video... but yea that was dumb... well she asked for it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zirus Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 give me a break, its the olympics, people are gonna show off a bit. SO WHAT if she didn't land it, its a trick shes probably done a million times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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