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Writer's pictureCain Bradley

Skateboarding 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review

Updated: Sep 20, 2022

Men’s Park

In qualification, no one qualified from heat one. It was three Brazilians who were in the top four spots. Luiz Francisco (Brazil) led Kieran Woolley (Australia), Pedro Quintas (Brazil) and Pedro Barros (Brazil). In the final, Keegan Palmer (Australia) took the lead with 94.04, a score that would not be beaten. He led Barros and Cory Juneau (United States). It was an order that never changed as they finished the top three.

🥇Keegan Palmer 🇦🇺

🥈Pedro Barros 🇧🇷

🥉Cory Juneau 🇺🇸


Men’s Street

Aurelian Giraud (France) led qualification with a 35.88 ahead of Jagger Eaton (United States) on 35.07 and Nyjah Huston (United States) on 34.87. Kelvin Hoefler (Brazil) took the lead after the run phase of the tournament with a score of 17.82. Behind him on 17.25 was Eaton whilst Huston scored 9.11 on run two. In the first trick round, almost everyone scored around 9 whilst only Eaton landed a trick in the second round. Three riders scored over 9 in the third round, led by Yuto Horigome (Japan) with a 9.35. The fourth was another quiet round with only Horigome landing a serious scoring trick, a 9.50. In the final round, a 9.30 would all but seal the title.

🥇Yuto Horigome 🇯🇵

🥈Kelvin Hoefler 🇧🇷

🥉Jagger Eaton 🇺🇸



Women’s Park

Misugu Okamoto (Japan) took the lead in qualification with a score of 58.51 ahead of Sky Brown (Great Britain). Kokona Hiraki (Japan) came in third ahead of Sakura Yosozumi (Japan). Yosozumi took the lead in the opening round of the final with a 60.09, ahead of Hiraki with a 58.05. In round two Hiraki improved but not enough to put herself in gold medal position. Sky Brown was the one to improve in the third round and go into the bronze medal position.

🥇Sakura Yosozumi 🇯🇵

🥈Kokona Hiraki 🇯🇵

🥉Sky Brown 🇬🇧



Women’s Street

Funa Nakayama (Japan) would lead qualification with a 15.77 ahead of her compatriot Momiji Nishiya (Japan). Root Zwetsloot (Netherlands) led after the run phase with a 7.14. Behind her Rayssa Leal (Brazil) score 6.07 ahead of Nishiya on 5.93. Aori Nishimura (Japan) had scored 3.48 on one of her runs but a fall on the first cost her big points. It was Alexis Sablone (United States) and Zwetsloot who started the trick phase strongest. Nakamura would lay down the first 5 of the competition, a feat beaten by Sablone a round later. Instead, though it was the consistency of Nishiya which came to the fore. In the final round, she scored a 3.43 which took her score to 15.26. Nakayama would have won with a similar score but could not land her final trick.

🥇Momiji Nishiya 🇯🇵

🥈Rayssa Leal 🇧🇷

🥉Funa Nakayama 🇯🇵

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