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AUGUST 1-4, 2013 STAPLES CENTER/LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MOTO X P76 X GAMES LA Meghan Rutledge (66) gave Golden a run for her money. sure from Gomez soon after he lost the lead, but Gomez tried to rush a pass and ended up going down. Still, he caught Ridgway again by the end of the main event, but ran out of time. Schultz took the gold over Thompson and Ridgway. CN ledge sat dejected. "I heard the crowd go crazy, and I didn't know what had happened," Golden said. "In the air over that big jump, I looked over at the whoops, and I didn't see Meghan there like I expected, then I saw her getting up in front of me. I knew I had to pin it to the finish because she was going to be coming, and I had a bit of a beginner moment over the finish line, but I don't care! This is awesome!" Rutledge kept second and Fontanesi took the bronze a halfsecond in front of Patterson. Moto X Adaptive In the beginning of Moto X Adaptive racing, many in the field were paralyzed racers like Ricky James, but since it was first introduced, it was lower-leg amputees who dominated, starting with former AMA pro Chris Ridgway. At X Games LA, Ridgway met some solid challengers in Mike Schultz, Todd Thompson, and Max Gomez, all lower-leg ampu- tees with the exception of Schultz, who had his left leg amputated above the knee. Ridgway grabbed the holeshot and did his best to hold Schultz and the rest of the field behind him, but at about halfway through the 12-lap main event, Ridgway gave way to Schultz and Thompson, then faded out of the lead battle quickly. "I'm a truck driver," Ridgway said. "I got tired." Schultz, who lost his lower left leg in a Snowcross accident in late 2008, has been the dominant racer in Adaptive racing for a few years, including many wins at the Extremity Games. He was the only racer tripling into the track's second rhythm section, and that seemed to be the difference, as Todd Thompson would catch Schultz every lap, then lose all the ground he made up at that rhythm section. "I couldn't get myself to go for that triple," Thompson said. "That's where he was killing me." Ridgway came under pres- MEN'S FINAL 1. Justin Brayton 2. Josh Hill 3. Chris Blose 4. Chad Reed 5. Kyle Regal 6. Ryan Sipes 7. Wil Hahn 8. Mike McDade 9. Vince Friese 10. Tyler Bowers WOMEN'S FINAL 1. Vicki Golden 2. Meghan Rutledge 3. Kiara Fontanesi 4. Jessica Patterson 5. Taylor Higgins 6. Tatum Sik 7. Tarah Gieger 8. Sara Pettersson 9. Jackie Ives 10. Brittany Marcotte ADAPTIVE FINAL 1. Mike Schultz 2. Todd Thompson 3. Chris Ridgway 4. Max Gomez 5. Steve Howe 6. Dave Turner