Iron River's Nick Baumgartner takes X Games gold

Maybe people in Colorado were surprised when U.P. native Nick Baumgartner won the gold medal for snowboarding at the X Games with a broken collarbone, but his supporters in the U.P. weren't shocked at all -- we grow them a little tougher up here.

Excerpt: Nate Holland's unprecedented winning streak had to end sometime, but nobody expected a construction worker with a broken collarbone to be the one who ended it.

That's what happened in Saturday's Snowboarder X final, as veteran Nick Baumgartner overcame 15 screws and a plate in his neck to win his first medal in seven tries.

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Source: ESPN Action Sports
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