Connecticut Native Lindsey Jacobellis Exorcises Demons From 2006, Earns Gold In Snowboardcross In Beijing – Gadget Clock ZHANGJIAKOU, China (CBSNewYork/AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, riding hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after showboating near the finish cost her the title. The 36-year-old racer, who is originally from Roxbury, Connecticut, about 65 miles north of New York City, was competing in her fifth Olympics and captured the first U.S. win of what has been an otherwise dismal Games for the red, white and...