Lindsey Jacobellis from nearby Stratton, Vermont tore the ACL in her left knee during practice for the Winter X Games in Aspen and was not able to compete in the Snowboarder X event where she was favored.
Jacobellis is a seven-time Winter X Games gold medalist and the silver medalist from the 2006 Olympics who is a perennial favorite in the women’s snowboarder X competition.
I’ve attempted to interview her in the past but scheduling has never allowed it.
She talks about what happened here.
Snowboarder X is a race down the mountain with all the snowboarders on the coarse at once. It has become one of my favorite X Games events over the last few years.
Here is a summary of the women’s final run (without Jacobellis).