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Schultz Takes Gold in Adaptive SnoCross

The Adaptive SnoCross competiton at Winter X Games is just two years old.  And in those two years, there has been only one winner, Mike Schultz.

Schultz took his second consecutive gold medal in the event finishing 42-seconds ahead of Jeff Tweet, who took the silver.

“I love it, the race is so fun,” Schultz said.  “I am having a blast being out here again.  I love the feeling I get when I get out and do what I love to do.”

“It was a dream of mine to compete in X Games,” added Tweet. “So winning makes it even better.”

An excited Jim Wazny, who took the silver medla in last year’s inaugural event, took home the bronze medal this year.

“After everything I have been through, I am absolutely stoked to be on the podium,” concluded Wazny,

Now in its second year as a medaled event, SnoCross Adaptive features races who will battle on a closed course track lined with rollers, jumps and bermed corners.  The track is the same course used in Snowmobile SnoCross, with a few slight adjustments to accommodate the adaptive athletes.

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WINTER X GAMES 15

Winter X Games will celebrate its 15^th anniversary in Aspen/Snowmass, Colo. January 27-30, 2011, with live coverage on ESPN and ESPN2. This will mark the 10^th consecutive year Winter X Games will be held in Aspen and will feature new events, more than 200 athletes and primetime coverage on ESPN on Sun., Jan.30. In addition to 24 hours of live programming on ESPN, Winter X Games 15 will be offered for the first time on ESPN 3D, as well as on ESPN International, XGames.com, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2’s X Center.

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