"A rivalry with the USA that, on paper, has been largely one-sided Canada's men's ice hockey dynasty has long reigned supreme suddenly felt terrifyingly and gloriously level. The USA, refusing to be a footnote, had clawed back a 2-0 deficit in the men's gold-medal game with Zach Parise snatching an equaliser in the dying seconds. Then, seven minutes into sudden-death overtime, the 22-year-old Sidney Crosby, a man built for the biggest moments, slipped the puck between Ryan Miller's pads with a flick of his wrist."
"Sixteen long, unforgiving years. That was the sentence Lindsey Jacobellis served after Turin 2006, when a premature, unnecessary celebratory method grab on the second-to-last jump of the snowboard cross final cost her gold. The showboating was a needless flourish in a simple four-person race and led her to botch the landing and fall just yards from the finish line. Tanja Frieden of Switzerland seized top spot and relegated Jacobellis to a humiliating silver."
Canada's 2010 Olympic men's hockey final reached sudden-death overtime after the United States rallied from 2-0 down, with Zach Parise forcing an equaliser in the final seconds. Seven minutes into overtime Sidney Crosby, aged 22, scored by slipping the puck between Ryan Miller's pads to deliver a golden, game-winning goal that became known as The Golden Goal. Lindsey Jacobellis endured a 16-year stigma after a premature celebratory grab at Turin 2006 cost her gold and produced silver. In Beijing 2022, at age 36 and in her fifth Games, Jacobellis led from the gate and won snowboard cross gold, finally burying the past.
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