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Against All Odds: Michela Moioli
Determined to achieve her Olympic dream, Italian snowboarder Michela Moioli overcame a serious knee injury to finally claim gold at the Winter Olympics 2018 at PyeongChang . View more Against All Odds stories on Olympic Channel.

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Italian Michela Moioli felt nervous ahead of her first Olympic snowboard cross final at Sochi 2014. Those nerves turned to despair as her medal hopes were crushed when she crashed heavily. Aged just 18, her career was in jeopardy after suffering a torn cruciate ligament in her knee. But she dedicated herself to making a comeback and four years later at PyeongChang 2018 she won gold. We spoke to Michela about pasta, post-Olympic blues and Beijing 2022.

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Podcast: How to come back from career-threatening injury with Michela Moioli

Michela Moioli had to overcome a cruciate ligament injury on her way to becoming Italy’s first snowboard cross Olympic champion.

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The Michela Moioli Story (extended version)

The incredible stories of five athletes who never gave up and finally won an Olympic medal.

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Against All Odds – Top 5 Olympic redemption stories

Determined to achieve her Olympic dream, the Italian snowboarder overcame a serious knee injury to finally claim gold at PyeongChang 2018.

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Michela Moioli: From crashing out to fairy-tale gold in PyeongChang

Find out how one Italian snowboarder overcame her fears to win an inspiring Olympic gold.

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Against All Odds: Michela Moioli (promo)

The women's snowboard cross finals were held at the Phoenix Snow Park on 16 February 2018.

PyeongChang 2018 | Olympic Winter games

Highlights

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Women's Snowboard Cross, Big Final - Snowboard | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic wins gold in the women's snowboard cross final.

Sochi 2014 | Olympic Winter games

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Czech Republic's Samkova grabs gold in snowboard cross

Celebrate the achievements of Italian athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Italy - Golden Highlights at PyeongChang 2018

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Women's Snowboard Cross Finals - Snowboard | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

The women's snowboard cross seeding round was held at the Phoenix Snow Park on 16 February 2018.

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Women's Snowboard Cross Seeding Round - Snowboard | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

The Women's Snowboard Cross Finals event took place on the 16th February 2018

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Women's Snowboard Cross Finals - Snowboard | PyeongChang 2018 Highlights

Italian Snowboarder, Micheli Moioli won Gold in the Snowboard Cross Final, four years after crashing out Sochi.

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Michela Moioli: My PyeongChang Highlights

Medals awarded in the Women's 5000m speed skating, snowboard cross, freestyle aerial, and women's slalom... and men's Super G & skeleton

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Day 7 Highlights | Pyeongchang 2018

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The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 may be over, but there is still plenty of exhilarating winter sports action going on around the globe as World Cup action continues this weekend!
From biathlon races in Norway to multiple snowboard events in Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic, here are a

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OBERHOF, GERMANY - JANUARY 09: Marte Olsbu Roiseland of Norway celebrates after winning the Pursuit Women at the IBU World Cup Biathlon Oberhof at  on January 09, 2022 in Oberhof, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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What's happening this weekend in the world of winter sports?

It may have been a brand new Winter Olympic event, but youth was no match for experience in the mixed team snowboard cross, as a United States pair with a combined age of 76 triumphed.
“We’re embracing oldies for goldies," Nick Baumgartner told Olympics.com after the 40-year-old and his 36-year-old

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12: Gold medallists Lindsey Jacobellis (L) and Nick Baumgartner of Team United States celebrate during the Mixed Team Snowboard Cross Finals flower ceremony on Day 8 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 12, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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"We're embracing oldies for goldies" - USA veterans Baumgartner and Jacobellis delight in mixed team snowboard cross title

The United States team of Nick Baumgartner (40) and Lindsey Jacobellis (36) were fastest and best in the brilliantly chaotic debut of mixed team snowboard cross here at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Despite heavy snow falling from the quarter-final stage on, the oldest team in the field kept

Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis of USA after winning mixed team snowboard cross gold

Medals update: Experience wins out as USA's Baumgartner and Jacobellis scoop gold in mixed team snowboard cross

Even as fan-favourite figure skating takes a rest day on 9 February, there are six medal events in the other disciplines today, including the unpredictable chaos of women's snowboard cross (finals begin at 14:30 Beijing time). Look out for Great Britain's Charlotte Bankes, Australia's Belle Brockhoff and Italy's Michela Moioli

IDRE FJALL, SWEDEN - FEBRUARY 11: Charlotte Bankes wins the gold medal during the FIS Freestyle Ski Cross And Snowboard Cross World Championships Men's and Women's Snowboard Cross on February 11, 2021 in Idre Fjall, Sweden. (Photo by Nisse Schmidt/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Charlotte Bankes celebrates her World Championship triumph at Idre Fjall, Sweden in February 2021

Beijing 2022 preview for 9 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games

Get ready for to be floored by the impressive skills, huge jumps and wipe outs of an action-packed snowboarding schedule at Beijing 2022.
Snowboard is one of the 15 sports disciplines taking place at the Olympic Winter Games, and competition runs from Saturday 5th February to Tuesday 15 February.
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COPPER MOUNTAIN, COLORADO - DECEMBER 19: Chloe Kim of Team United States competes in the women's snowboard superpipe final during Day 5 of the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain on December 19, 2021 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Kim won the event on her final run after crashing on her previous two runs. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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How to watch snowboard at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022

A renaissance for Great Britain snowboard cross rider Charlotte Bankes has a nation dreaming of its first Olympic Winter Games medal in the event, and Bankes a Beijing 2022 gold.
The 26-year-old is a two-time Olympian but her seventh place at PyeongChang 2018 and 17th at Sochi 2014 came while

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 26: Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain competes during the Women's Snowboard Cross preliminary round of the Audi FIS Cross World Cup 2022 at Genting snow park on November 26, 2021 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Charlotte Bankes: Former French champion eyeing Great Britain's first snowboard cross medal

PyeongChang gold medallist Michela Moioli used visualisation and video games to get ready for her third Olympics. But how does the Italian snowboard cross star deal with pressure? "That makes me anxious and upset me, but over the years I have built that mental strength," she tells us. Watch for more.

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Michela Moioli: How training with video games has helped me

When you put two Olympic champions and the current world champion in a snowboard cross final you know you’re going to get fireworks. It was the 2014 Olympic Winter Games gold medallist Eva Samkova who came out on top at the season opening snowboard cross World Cup, which also doubled

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 26: Eva Samkova of Czech Republic competes during the Women's Snowboard Cross preliminary round of the Audi FIS Cross World Cup 2022 at Genting snow park on November 26, 2021 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Snowboard cross Beijing 2022 test event sees wins for Samkova and Haemmerle 

Eva Samkova's snowboarding success story is one of talent and resilience.
The Vrchlabi native won the Czech Republic's first gold medal of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross, then doubled down with a spectacular bronze at PyeongChang 2018, riding from sixth to third in the final.
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CHIESA IN VALMALENCO, ITALY - JANUARY 24: Eva Samkova of Czech Republic takes 1st place during the FIS Snowboard World Cup Women's Snowboard Team on January 24, 2021 in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy. (Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Eva Samkova of Czech Republic takes 1st place during the FIS Snowboard World Cup Women's Snowboard Team on January 24, 2021 in Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy. (Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Olympic champion Eva Samkova is thriving despite 'learning to live' with tragedy

Snowboard is one of the newer events on the Winter Olympic programme, having been first included at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. But despite having only featured at six editions of the Games, snowboard has become one of the most popular and exciting sports at the Winter Olympics.

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This event took place on 12/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza. Medal winners for Short Track Speed Skating - Women's 1000m, Biathlon - Women's 7.5km Sprint, Speed Skating - Men´s 10000m, Snowboard - Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Speed Skating - Men’s 500m and Cross-Country Skiing - Women's 4 x 5km Relay

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12/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 09/02/2022 at the Genting Snow Park - P & X. Michela Moioli (ITA) achieved the best time: 1:22.19

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Podcast: How to come back from career-threatening injury with Michela Moioli

The Michela Moioli Story (extended version)

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Top winter sports action? Olympic Channel have got you covered

Podcast: How to come back from career-threatening injury with Michela Moioli

The Michela Moioli Story (extended version)

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