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American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross

USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

USATODAY. com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross

USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

Lindsey Jacobellis, leading near the finish line, got up to take second in snowboardcross after a tumble.

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BARDONECCHIA Seth Wescott is an action-sports renaissance man, so it was appropriate that Thursday's first-ever gold medal in snowboardcross went to a guy who skateboards, surfs, kayaks and mountain bikes to get in shape for snowboarding.

USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

TORINO After his gold-medal performance in snowboardcross, American Seth Wescott declared "snowboarding is becoming the heart and soul of the Olympics."

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In this era of hyperspecialization, she's a medal prospect in snowboardcross (racing over obstacles) and halfpipe (twisting and flipping).

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"But people who don't understand the intricacies of the halfpipe can understand the close racing in snowboardcross."

USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

She was showboating in the snowboardcross while in the lead.

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She was showboating in the snowboardcross while in the lead.

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Some of the movement to the halfpipe decades ago came because racing down the mountain, the way they do in snowboardcross and skicross, was considered even more dangerous – the conditions more unpredictable and the athletes less concerned with each other's safety.

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