Sakura Yosozumi during the women’s park skateboarding finals in Tokyo on Aug. 4 (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
Sakura Yosozumi claimed the very first Olympic women’s park skateboarding event on Aug. 4, which was made possible with the help of a kindly hometown sake brewer.
Yosozumi, 19, scored 60.09 to win the gold medal, followed by fellow Japanese Kokona Hiraki, 12, and Sky Brown, 13, of Britain.
“I have practiced so hard that I have no regrets, and it paid off,” Yosozumi said as she dried her tears.
She hovered in the air and landed a perfect 540 aerial trick twice in succession at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo’s Koto Ward.
McLaughlin Lights Up Olympic Track As Japan Maintain Grip On Skateboarding By John WEAVER
08/04/21 AT 2:01 AM
Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win Olympic gold in the women s 400m hurdles on Wednesday as Japan s Sakura Yosozumi maintained the hosts stranglehold on the skateboarding competition.
Elsewhere on day 12 of action in Tokyo, the Netherlands dumped defending champions Britain out of the women s hockey while the women s golf got under way.
At the Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin powered home under the beating Tokyo sun in 51.46 seconds, with defending champion Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58 after another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers.
And now for surfing…13-year-old Olympic sensation Sky Brown could surf AND skate for Team GB at Paris 2024 when she is 16 - despite venues for both competitions being 10,000 miles apart
Sky Brown claimed bronze in arguably the stand-out moment of the Olympics as she grabbed bronze at 13
She produced perfect final run under huge pressure to get into third, having fallen in previous two runs
At 13 years of age, the skateboarder who lives in San Diego, California, is Britain s youngest ever Olympian
Brown finished behind Japanese pair Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki, who is just 12 years old
Sky is said to be worth $5million and is the youngest Nike-sponsored athlete on the planet
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