Team USA snowboarder Nick Baumgartner fell short of making the snowboard cross finals on Thursday, but that didn’t stop him from offering an inspiring message.
Competing in his fifth Olympics, the 44-year-old ageless wonder finished .08 seconds short of a trip to the finals at the Milan Cortina Games, which would have offered him the chance to medal. He instead finished out the event in the consolation “small final,” recording a seventh place finish while Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle claimed the gold.
