Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:07 AM IST
Summary
Colby Stevenson of America won a silver medal in the men’s freestyle skiing big air event at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday. On the other hand, 36-year-old American athlete Lindsey Jacobellis has won a gold medal in the snowboard crunch event.
Colby Stevenson and Lindsay Jacobellis
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Colby Stevenson of America won a silver medal in the men’s freestyle skiing big air event at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday. The 24-year-old considers it a miracle to play in the Olympics and win. On the other hand, 36-year-old American athlete Lindsey Jacobellis has won a gold medal in the snowboard crunch event.
Jacobellis competed in the snowboard quatrains for the first time at the 2006 Torino (Italy) Olympics and has since appeared in four Olympic Games, but never won a gold medal. He achieved the yellow title for the first time in 16 years at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday in an incredible sporting performance.
Lindsay achieved this feat by defeating Chloe Trespech of France. Lindsay has previously won gold five times at the World Championships and eight times in the X Games. At the same time, he won a silver medal in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. In another match, Petra Vlahova of Slovakia won the gold medal in alpine skiing in the slalom race. Petra took 0.08 less time than silver medalist Katharina to complete her race.
Serious injuries to nose, jaw and eye: Colby Stevenson
According to Colby Stevenson, when I broke 30 bones in my head in a road accident in 2016. At the same time, there were serious injuries in the nose, jaw and eye. At that time I felt that I will not be saved anymore. Because I was battling with unbearable pain and depression. But it is a miracle for me to recover from that accident and join the 2022 Olympics and win a silver medal. Norway’s Birk Rood won the gold medal in this competition.
forward thinking
Describing himself, Colby said, he was back on skis five months after the accident, but those times were very difficult. I didn’t have the confidence how to prepare myself for the game. If you think about something in a positive way then you can get out of the darkness. I went ahead at that time and made my dream come true. Today I am standing in front of you on the podium.
Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger created history
Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger made history when she won the gold medal for the fifth time. During this, he also achieved the distinction of being Germany’s most successful Winter Olympian. Natalie won her fifth Olympic gold and sixth overall in the luge event with a time of 3.53.454. While his compatriot Anna Berter took the silver with a time of 3.53.947. The 31-year-old luge athlete has completed the double of gold on two occasions at the Winter Olympic Games. Apart from this, she is also the first woman to win the FIL Luge World Cup six times.