A Moto X Gold Medal For Golden

Golden Sets The Pace For X Games Win

 

The win was Vicki Golden’s for the taking Saturday as she led the field through the entire Moto X Racing Women’s Final to earn herself her first X Games gold medal.

“The start was super tricky but I was able to get a good start. The track suited my style because I have an arena cross track back home,” Golden said. “I just had my birthday Thursday and this is the best birthday present I’ve ever had.”

Golden finished just off the podium in forth at X Games 16, her first X Games appearance, making her win even sweeter.

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico’s Tarah Gieger, who was the X Games 14 gold medalist in the sport, made it back-to-back silver medals for herself, finishing behind Golden for the second-place-spot.

“I was pushing toward the front the entire time, but I hope to be back on the top step of the podium next year,” Gieger said.

And making her inaugural X Games competitive appearance, France’s Livia Lancelot kept the pace to nab the X Games Bronze.

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X Games 17

In its ninth year in Los Angeles, X Games 17 will feature more than 200 athletes at competition venues and event spaces including STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 17^th annual action sports competition to be held in Los Angeles July 28 – 31 and will debut the new discipline of Enduro X, as well as the first-ever rally street circuit running through the downtown area. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. In addition to the 25 original hours in high definition, the Worldwide Leader in Action Sports will also televise 21 hours of X Games action on ESPN 3D. More than 29 hours will also be distributed on ESPN3.com.

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