Lindsey Jacobellis won her second gold of the Beijing Games after she and team-mate Nick Baumgartner, with a combined age of 76, won the inaugural snowboard cross mixed team gold for the United States on Saturday.
Jacobellis, 36, and Baumgartner, 40,were the oldest team to compete at Saturday's mixed team event, but defeated their younger rivals in a nail-biting final.
Jacobellis kept hot on Moioli's heels and the American edged out the Italian at the last moment, winning by 0.2 seconds."Don't count the old people out ever!" an elated Baumgartner told reporters after the final, adding that their years of training and competitions helped them win gold.
Canadian Eliot Grondin, who was part of the team who took bronze, said it was impressive to see the American pair dominate the race. The mixed team event made its Olympics debut at the Beijing Games, but most boarders were already familiar with the course at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou as they had already raced individual competitions there earlier in the week.