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Stunt Bike Park Wrap-Up Report
2004 X Games in Los Angeles
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Wrap-up report from ESPN on the Stunt Bike Park competition
at the 2004 X Games in Southern California.
Los Angeles, Caliornia.
ANOTHER MIRRA-CLE: WORST TO FIRST
Is Two-for-Two After Stunning the Field in Bike Stunt Park
Los Angeles, California - The legend of
Dave Mirra continues to grow.
On Friday night at X Games X, Mirra (Greenville, North Carolina USA) bypassed
Tony Hawk to become the most decorated athlete in X Games history
with his win in Bike Stunt Vert. Less than 16 hours later Mirra
began the process of putting a little breathing room between himself
and the aforementioned Mr. Hawk. Because you never know.
Mirra was sitting in dead-last in Saturday's Park competition entering
his final run of the day. So he did what any legend would have
done - he went out and restored order. And when that order was restored
with a Double Tailwhip and a Backflip Throw-up Hand so was the overall
order of the competition itself.
The score of 94.00 increased Mirra's X Games medal total 18, including
13 golds. "It feels crazy to win gold here after my (poor) first run,"
he said. "My money was on Ryan (Nyquist). I was just focusing on making
the top five and ended up having an amazingly lucky run."
Ryan Nyquist (Greenville, North Carolina USA) did have his shot as the last rider of the day,
but he broke his bike while attempting an Opposite 720. Nyquist used Mirra's
bike to finish the run, but was unable to land the big trick.
"My bikes kept breaking," said Nyquist, whose silver-medal win improved his
career total to 11. "I kept trying and trying but the back tire went flat.
So I grabbed Dave's bike but going into the trick I knew I had to bail."
Ryan Guettler (Beenleigh, Australia) won bronze for the second straight year
with a score of 92.00. "It was great to come out and compete and be on the
podium with these guys," said Guettler.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, X Games X is the world's premier
action sports competition featuring more than 150 of the world's best athletes
competing in: Aggressive In-line Skate, Bike Stunt, Moto X, Skateboard, Surfing
and Wakeboard. The event is being held August 5-8, 2004 in Los Angeles with
live primetime daily coverage on ESPN and ABC Sports.
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