The Paris Olympics will feature two different skateboarding events: street and park. Here's how the athletes are judged and scored.
After the sport's Olympics debut in Tokyo four years ago, skateboarding has returned for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. While you may know a few things about the event — such as how, similar to other outdoor sports, skateboarding is dependent on weather conditions — what you may not know is how skateboarding is scored. Fortunately, it's not too tricky, even for newbies.
Here's what you need to know about the two types of skateboarding you'll see and how each one is scored.Street skateboarding takes place on a flatter course, with ramps, stairs, rails, and curved sides along two boundaries of the arena. According to the official skateboarding, skaters will compete in four heats of five skaters each. For each round, each skater will perform two runs and five trick attempts.
The top eight skaters overall will move on to the finals, where they'll be scored the same way in order to determine the gold, silver, and bronze medalists.Park skateboarding differs from the street event mainly in the shape of its arena. Instead of a mostly flat surface with obstacles, the arena is bowl-shaped with smaller hills and ramps inside.
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