Italy's Omar Visintin, right, and United States' Nick Baumgartner compete during the mixed team snowboard cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Lindsey Jacobellis and Iron River’s Nick Baumgartner, the two oldest American snowboarders at the Winter Games, won the first gold medal of the mixed team snowboard cross event tonight.

Jacobellis, 36, and Baumgartner, 40, secured Jacobellis’s second Olympic medal and Baumgartner’s first.

Jacobellis became the oldest American woman to win an Olympic medal when she won the women’s snowboard cross this week and Baumgartner is the oldest American snowboarder in Olympic history. Baumgartner was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men’s snowboard cross event on Thursday.

In the team event’s debut, one man and one woman per team competed relay style down an obstacle course with a series of jumps, berms and sharp turns. Baumgartner placed first in the finals, giving Jacobellis a slight head start as she went on to clinch the gold.