Italys Moioli wins snowboard cross leaving Jacobellis once again without Olympic gold Toronto Star

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American had the lead in the final but couldn't secure the win nearly 12 years after she cemented her name in Olympic lore as the showboat snowboarder who gave away a victory near the finish line because she started celebrating too soon.

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA'In many ways, Lindsey Jacobellis walked away from these Olympics the same as she has from all the previous ones.

The 32-year-old American had the lead in the final of women's snowboard cross Friday, one day short of 12 years after she cemented her name in Olympic lore as the showboat snowboarder who gave away a victory near the finish line because she started celebrating too soon.

This loss was more straightforward.

Jacobellis raced to an early lead on a course where it's better to use the draft from other riders and slingshot past them. She got passed by the eventual winner, Italy's Michela Moioli, on a curve about halfway down the course. She got pushed to the side and raced the rest of the course all alone. Without a drafting partner, she could not make up ground, and ended up finishing fourth ' behind silver medallist Julia Pereira de Sousa Mablieau of France, and .03 seconds back of Eva Samkova, who slid across the finish and now has a bronze to go with her 2014 gold.

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