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Tanja Frieden

Swiss snowboarder

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Lindsey Jacobellis
Olympic struggles and triumphs
The fall allowed Tanja Frieden of Switzerland to race past her and capture the gold medal. Jacobellis finished with the silver. Facing questions about the incident afterward, Jacobellis acknowledged that the method grab had been unnecessary. She explained that she had simply “wanted to share [her] enthusiasm with…
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The fall allowed Tanja Frieden of Switzerland to race past her and capture the gold medal. Jacobellis finished with the silver. Facing questions about the incident afterward, Jacobellis acknowledged that the method grab had been unnecessary. She explained that she had simply “wanted to share [her] enthusiasm with…
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Olympic Games
Turin, Italy, 2006
…and was passed by Switzerland’s Tanja Frieden. American snowboarder Shaun White, known as the “Flying Tomato” because of his long red hair, entertained onlookers with his back-to-back 1080s (three full turns in the air) on his way to claiming the gold medal in the half-pipe competition.
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…and was passed by Switzerland’s Tanja Frieden. American snowboarder Shaun White, known as the “Flying Tomato” because of his long red hair, entertained onlookers with his back-to-back 1080s (three full turns in the air) on his way to claiming the gold medal in the half-pipe competition.
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