<p>It's an age old question in sports: would you prefer to have youth on your side... or experience? American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner definitely has the latter. At the age of 40, he won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross event at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The 44-year-old caught up with CNN Sports’ Coy Wire and explained how having already won gold makes him dangerous on the slopes as he hopes to compete in his 5th Winter Olympics.</p>
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U.S. Snowboarder Nick Baumgartner hoping for his 5th Winter Olympics

It's an age old question in sports: would you prefer to have youth on your side... or experience? American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner definitely has the latter. At the age of 40, he won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross event at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The 44-year-old caught up with CNN Sports’ Coy Wire and explained how having already won gold makes him dangerous on the slopes as he hopes to compete in his 5th Winter Olympics.

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<p>It's an age old question in sports: would you prefer to have youth on your side... or experience? American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner definitely has the latter. At the age of 40, he won gold in the mixed team snowboard cross event at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The 44-year-old caught up with CNN Sports’ Coy Wire and explained how having already won gold makes him dangerous on the slopes as he hopes to compete in his 5th Winter Olympics.</p>
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