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Gold Medal Gal

By Alyssa Roenigk
EXPN.com

Thursday, August 26, 2004

No live TV cameras. No mega-money check to cash. No top billing on the billboards. But hey, a girl's gotta start somewhere. The first female Skateboard Street gold medalist in X Games history, Elissa Steamer isn't worried about what she didn't gain by winning the first Street event the girls were invited to attend. That stuff will come later. For now, she's content to have her gold medal, a couple thousand bucks in her pocket and the recognition of her peers. We caught up with Elissa by ...

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