For the past two days Snowboard Cross made its big debut in the Olympics. For those of you that missed it, here is a break down of what you missed.
The mastermind who built the Olympic Snowboard Cross is Canadian Jeff Ihaksi. The course runs 700 metres long, with a vertical drop of 175m.
How it works is that competitors first do 2 time trails to be seeded. This means that the riders get to do two runs by themselves on the course being timed. For the men's, 36 men got two runs and the top 32 wil be seeded into the finals which means 4 men will be dropped. The finals are when four guys at a time get seeded into heats, and the two riders that make it down first out of the four get to move on to the next round, the other two are knocked out of the competition.
USA got another gold for the Men's Olympic Snowboard Cross as Seth Wescott just beat out Slovakia rider Radoslav Zidek. Seth was later quoted for saying "I think snowboarding is becoming part of the heart and soul of the Olympic Games!"
Seth Wescott of the United States celebrates his gold medal in the Mens Snowboard Cross Final © Getty Images
Final results:
1. Seth Wescott (USA)
2. Radoslav Zidek (Slovakia)
3. Paul-Henri Delerue (France)
4. Jordi Font (Spain)
Regarding the female Olympic Snowboard Cross, the females had a strong battle and during the finals young USA rider Lindsey Jacobellis took a huge lead. On the second to last jump Jacobellis decided to show off a little by tricking out a method only to bail on the landing giving the gold medal Tanja Frieden.
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The final results for female Olympic Snowboard Cross:
1. Tanja Frieden (Switzerland)
2. Lindsey Jacobellis (USA)
3. Dominique Maltais (CAN)
4. Maelle Ricker (CAN)
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Tanja Frieden © Reuters
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