for an athlete there is nothing like hearing your country's Anthem played after winning gold it's the eighth gold and 18th paralympic medal overall for Axana Masters who won a grueling Paras cycling race in Paris this morning Masters is used to pushing through pain and credits a product made by a Utah company to help her if you want to talk about grit and endurance and what we stand for here um she she personifies that KT Tape based in American Fork makes a type of athletic tape many athletes use for not only pain relief but to help with recovery as well KT Tape lifts the skin and part of that lifting the skin is lifting the muscle fash attach that skin so we create more volume more space for blood flow to happen KT Tape isn't the only Utah company whose athlete won Gold just a few days ago Matt stuntman who shoots arrows with his legs and feet won Gold in archery he's the armless Archer is what he goes by he started shooting archery because he couldn't get a job and he wanted to feed his family Greg Easton the CEO of E archery which is based in Salt Lake City is proud stman uses eastn products particularly in Arrow many highlevel archers use the x10 arrow is probably the longest lived high performance product in the Olympics because you think about every couple of years they come out with a new swimsuit or they come out with a new shoes or something that Arrow continues to dominate at that level it's another way Utah is tied to the games where an athlete success means success for businesses too you know it's really a proud moment for us those are just two of the many Utah companies that are involved in these games but the latest two that can say their athletes have won gold medals there are still four more days of competition at the Paris par Olympics Alex Cabrero KSL 5 News