Japan s Yosozumi Wins Battle Of The Teens For Olympic Skateboarding Gold By Talek HARRIS
08/04/21 AT 2:53 AM
Japan s Sakura Yosozumi won the women s park competition to maintain the hosts stranglehold on Olympic skateboarding on Wednesday and stop Kokona Hiraki and Sky Brown becoming the Games youngest-ever gold medallists.
The 19-year-old opened the final with a flowing run featuring two 540s, with her 60.09 points proving enough for victory ahead of teammate Hiraki, 12, and Brown, 13. This medal feels unreal it feels like a dream, said Yosozumi, as she celebrated at a sun-baked Ariake Urban Sports Park on Tokyo Bay. I hope skateboarding is going to be very popular in Japan because of the strong performances of the Japanese team, she said, adding: Now I want to go back home and eat some delicious food.
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To grasp just how young Sky Brown is, it helps to understand that she still misses the minimum requirement for the Youth Olympics by a year. Skateboarding has proved here in Tokyo that it rewards absurd precocity: while a 13-year-old clutches the bronze that confirms her as Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medallist, Japan’s Kokona Hiraki, a step above her on the podium, is 12. Within this realm, incorporated into the Games out of a desperation to court the Gen Z audience, you are effectively washed-up if you qualify for a driving licence
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