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Olympics-Skateboarding-Teen skaters from Japan, Brazil clinch top spots ahead of finals Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Skateboarding Training Session - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Aori Nishimura of Japan in action during training. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson July 26, 2021 By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) -A roster of teen skateboarders that included Japan’s Funa Nakayama and Brazilian phenom Rayssa Leal clinched top spots in the preliminary heats to advance to the women’s street finals on Monday. The street event is notable for the youth of its competitors. Japan’s Nakayama ...

Tokyo Olympics 2020, Day 3 Highlights: Mirabai Chanu Returns Home, Sharath Win Only Cheer for India News18 4 hours ago Sports Desk © Provided by News18 "Tokyo Olympics 2020, Day 3 Highlights: Mirabai Chanu Returns Home, Sharath Win Only Cheer for India" 19:14:06 IST Indian Women's Hockey Team Loses## Indian women's hockey team had its chances but could not make them count and Germany defended astutely as they lost 2-0 in their second Pool A encounter with Nike Lorenz and Anne Katarina Schroder scoring for Germany. © Provided by News18 © Provided by News18 18:55:34 IS...

July 26, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Momiji Nishiya of Japan reacts after winning the women's street skateboarding final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Momiji Nishiya completed a Japanese sweep in the Olympic skateboard street competition Monday, the 13-year-old winning the country's second gold in the event in as many days at the Tokyo Games. A day after Yuto Horigome won the first men's gold in the sport at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Nishiya did the same in the women's event, becoming the youngest ever Japanese Olympic...

Comments LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images The women's street final in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo became a battle of the 13-year-olds as Momiji Nishiya edged out Rayssa Leal for gold Monday. It's a men's and women's double for Japan after Yuto Horigome took first place Sunday. #TokyoOlympics @NBCOlympics HISTORY MADE ✅ At the age of 13, Japan's Momiji Nishiya wins the first-EVER Olympic gold medal in women's skateboarding. #TokyoOlympics #OlympicHERstory pic.twitter.com/3OkozpHGoZ

Japan's Nishiya, 13, wins women's skateboarding gold 2021-07-26 HKT 13:04 Share this story Momiji Nishiya starred in the tricks section to give the hosts a clean-sweep of the street discipline. Photo: AP Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday. Nishiya finished ahead of Brazil's Rayssa Leal - who at 13 years and 203 days could have become the youngest ever individual Olympic champion - and Japan's Funa Nakayama, 16. Nishiya starred...