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A St. Cloud, Minn., resident took home gold Monday in the men's snowboard cross event of the Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

 prosthetics for snowboard athletes, snagged the event's top medal.

"What a day. It started out rough on my time trial and I went down and got shuffled back to fifth place and unfortunately I had to square up with my teammate Mark Mann pretty early on," Schultz 

. "But I won, and won again, and won again and (got) a gold for Team USA. It's an incredible feeling."

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 racer before a horrific accident in a 2008 race cost him his left leg. He began snowboarding in 2009. He has since won gold medals in adaptive motocross at the X Games and adaptive snocross at the Winter X Games. 

He was the first person to win a gold medal at both the X games and the Winter X Games in the same year in different sports in 2010.

Schultz also had the honor to be a flag bearer for Team USA during the opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games.

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The St. Cloud man known for creating cutting-edge prosthetics for snowboard athletes won gold Monday in the men's snowboard Cross at the Paralympics games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Mike Schultz celebrates after winning the Gold medal in Pyeongchang.

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Mike Schultz of St. Cloud celebrates after winning a gold medal.

Mike Schultz of St. Cloud, Minn., celebrates after winning the gold medal.

Mike Schultz of St. Cloud, Minn., competes in the Men's Snowboard Cross.

Minnesota snowboarder Mike Schultz wins gold at Paralympics

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