Japanese skaters won three of the six medals in Skateboarding’s Olympic premier, with Yuto Horigome, 22, and Momiji Nishiya, 13, both taking gold in the street competition. Beside Nishiya on the ...

The Olympic gold is the culmination of a long process for Horigome, who has long since established himself as the best street skater in the world. He won gold at three World Skate League events in ...

The first Olympic medals would not belong to the past era of street skateboarding. Advertisement She picked up her board and walked to U.S. Coach Mimi Knoop, a contemporary from the old days.

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The Olympic street skateboarding competition consisted of two 45-second runs and five single tricks. Momiji Nishiya showed off her skating moves and style while riding the rails, ramps and ledges ...

Japan’s deep talent pool extends to women’s street. Coco Yoshizawa, Liz Akama and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Funa Nakayama rose to the top among a pool of six Japanese women all ranked in the top ...

T he 2024 Paris Olympics are already off to a thrilling start, and one of the most exciting events so far has been Men’s Street Skateboarding. A jam-packed group was headlined by arguably the ...

In street, things work a little differently, as five judges give a score out of 10.0 on the runs as well as on a required number of five tricks. They grade each run and trick on the zero-to-10 scale.

Men’s street skateboarding will return to the 2024 Olympic Games today (July 27, 2024). The event will start with a preliminary round at 5 a.m. CT on Peacock , which will be followed by the ...

Skateboarding made its Olympic debut this year. I was stoked to see it, expecting to be wowed by the very best skaters in the world. But after watching the highly anticipated men’s and women’s ...

Women’s street skateboarding will return to the 2024 Olympic Games today (July 28, 2024). The event will start with a preliminary round at 5 a.m. CT on Peacock and CNBC, which will be followed ...

Japan's Momiji Nishiya reacts after competing in the women's street preliminary round during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo on July 26, 2021.