Olympic champ and new mom Lindsey Jacobellis will be in NBC booth, but she’s not retiring

Olympic snowboard champion Lindsey Jacobellis will enjoy her sixth Winter Games from the TV booth Jacobellis who in the past few days had a daughter Ayla has decided to skip a run for yet another Olympics and instead serve as an analyst for snowboardcross on NBC s announcing club in Italy The -year-old whose World Cup titles six world championships and two Olympic gold medals make her the best ever in her discipline noted the decision to take a year off was demanding I sat down with my agent my husband we weighted the pros and cons Jacobellis noted I am a competitor and I do like to compete but competition could potentially perpetually be there And these early years with my daughter those are limited I had to make a decision Those decisions are hard Being an adult is hard Also stated Wednesday as part of NBC s action-sports coverage were Todd Harris play-by-play Todd Richards snowboard Tom Wallisch freeskiing and Tina Dixon reporting interviews Jacobellis who has done particular TV work for both surfing and snowboarding will be providing analysis for a sport that she has dominated for the better part of two decades Her Olympic debut came in Italy in the infamous Lindsey Leap when she celebrated with a flashy jump and grab of her snowboard as she coasted down the homestretch with a big lead but fell and finished second At the last Olympics she eventually got her gold medal then earned another win pairing with Nick Baumgartner in the mixed-team event Don t count the old girl out Jacobellis mentioned after that triumph when sought for the moral of the story She declared she is not calling her move to the booth a retirement and doesn t buy into the idea that an athlete s career arc is defined by four-year periods marked by the Olympics Life doesn t work that way she declared You adapt and bend to life It s calling an audible every day I m enjoying learning this new time in my life I want to enjoy that time I ve given over years to this sport solely focusing on my career and racing I want to give at least this first six months to a year to totally Ayla AP Winter Olympics https apnews com hub milan-cortina- -winter-olympics Source