"Snowboard Cross"

I hope some of you were able to catch the Snowboard Cross event and Race for the Gold last night. Seth Wescott first had to qualify based on time and in his first run he had a bit of a slip which put him in the back of the pack. His second qualifying run was better but he was still in 14th position before the groupings started. He then had to finish in the top two for two consecutive races to get into the final. After fighting to just get into the final, he quickly found himself in last place after about a quarter of the race. But he kept his cool and his patience and made pass after pass to thrust himself into first and hold on for a tight victory to secure another Gold Medal. He was defending his Gold from the Torino Games in Italy four years ago.

The event I photographed in Lake Placid was incredible but it turned out that the finish line was one of the better locations to be action-wise. There were some pretty bad falls and one that required an athlete being airlifted to the local hospital. Anyway, here ya go...