American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner, 44, falls agonizingly short of Olympic medal chance in wild photo finish

Fuente: New York Post

The oldest American snowboarder at the Winter Olympics barely missed a shot at a medal in a heartbreaking photo finish. Nick Baumgartner, competing at his fifth Olympics at 44, failed to gain a spot in the snowboard cross finals by . 08 seconds on Thursday in Livigno, barely behind Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria for third place in the semifinals.