A roadmap to follow for skateboarding at the Paris Olympics.
FILE - Australia’s Arisa Trew competes in the skateboarding women’s park preliminaries for the Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai, May 16, 2024. The 14-year-old will make her Olympic debut competing in the park contest. Trew gained notoriety last year when she became the first female to execute a 720 trick, first made famous by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk in 1985. FILE - Sky Brown, of Britain, competes in the women’s park skateboarding prelims at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug.
—Sky Brown, Britain: The 15-year-old phenom is expected to compete in her second Olympics after becoming her country’s youngest medal winner in Tokyo when she won bronze in the park contest at just 13 years and 28 days old. A two-sport star, she came just short of also qualifying for the surfing competition in Paris.
—Nyjah Huston, United States: The 29-year-old Huston was favored to win gold in street at Tokyo but finished a disappointing seventh. He should contend for a medal this time around after recovering from an ACL tear. —Arisa Trew, Australia: The 14-year-old is expected to make her Olympic debut competing in the park contest. Trew gained notoriety last year when she became the first female to execute a 720 trick, first made famous by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk in 1985. The trick involves making two full rotations in the air.
—Ginwoo Onodera, Japan: Now 14, Onodera won the men’s street competition at the X Games last May when he was just 13. The Japanese star won bronze at the World Skateboarding Championship in 2023 and became the youngest national champion in Japan’s history when he was 12.The competition will feature a beautiful backdrop when it takes place at the Place de La Concorde in the center of the city situated in front of the Eiffel Tower.
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