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2010 sporting event in Los Angeles
X Games XVI
was an
action sporting
event which took place from July 29 ? August 1, 2010 in
Los Angeles, California
at the
Staples Center
,
L.A. Live
and the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
. The games featured the sports of
Motocross
,
skateboarding
,
BMX
, and
rallying
.
Results
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Motocross
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*Competition decided by fan
text message
voting.
Skateboarding
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*Finalists determined by a best-video contest.
Rallying
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Highlights
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- Deaf rider
Ashley Fiolek
wins her second consecutive gold medal in Women's Moto X Super X.
- Travis Pastrana
completes a Double Backflip and wins the gold medal in Freestyle Moto X after a three-year hiatus from the event.
- Cam Sinclair
completes a Double Backflip and wins the gold medal in Moto X Best Trick, coming back from a devastating accident which left him in a coma for 7 days.
- Three time defending Moto X Best Trick gold medalist
Kyle Loza
withdraws from the competition with an injury.
- Paris Rosen crashes while attempting to complete a Front Flip in Moto X Best Trick and has to be carried away on a stretcher.
- Jake Brown
and
Bob Burnquist
each attempt to complete the first 900 in a Skateboard Big Air competition. Both fail, and Brown wins his second consecutive gold medal.
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon
wins his third consecutive gold medal in Skateboard Vert.
- 15-year-old
Nyjah Huston
wins the silver medal in Skateboard Street.
- 15-year-old Pedro Barros beats out 37-year-old
Andy Macdonald
for the gold medal in Skateboard Park. 14-year-old
Curren Caples
places 4th.
- Jamie Bestwick wins his fourth consecutive gold medal in BMX Freestyle Vert.
- Garrett Reynolds wins his third consecutive gold medal in BMX Freestyle Street.
- In the elimination round of BMX Freestyle Street, Sean Burns jumps out of the arena, dropping down the concrete below.
- Travis Pastrana
crashes in the quarterfinal round of Rally Car Racing, eliminating him from the competition and forcing him to withdraw from Rally Car Super Rally.
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