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Americans Jacobellis, Dierdorff team for snowboardcross win

Mick Dierdorff, of the United States, carried by his fellow teammates after winning the men's Snowboard Cross final at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Solitude, Utah. (Tyler Tate / AP)
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Lindsey Jacobellis and Mick Dierdorff combined to win the mixed team snowboardcross competition for the Americans at the world championships in Solitude, Utah, on Sunday.

The tandem beat the Italian team of Michela Moioli and Omar Visintin for gold. The German squad of Paul Berg and Hanna Ihedioha earned bronze.

In the competition, teams race against the clock in a relay format, with the second member of the squad released from the start gate once the first one crosses the line.

Jacobellis, of Stratton Mountain, Vermont, now has six gold medals spanning six world championships. She was fifth in the women’s snowboardcross race Friday. Dierdorff, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, won the men’s snowboardcross race.