Men’s Park
Keegan Palmer (Australia) led the qualification stage ahead of Tom Schaar (United States). The first finalist to lay down a score was Schaar with 90.11. Palmer followed with a 93.11 to lead the competition at the end of the first round. Pedro Barros (Brazil) would go into bronze with an 86.41 but was soon overtaken by Tate Carew (United States) on 91.17. Schaar would improve, but only to 92.23. Augusto Akio (Brazil) was next to go onto the podium with a 91.85 and despite some brilliant runs, no one could go past him. Schaar was three seconds from landing a brilliant run when slipping on the board to hand Palmer the gold.
🥇Keegan Palmer 🇦🇺
🥈Tom Schaar 🇺🇸
🥉Augusto Akio 🇧🇷
I got the three countries that this would come down to but somehow didn’t get any of the medalists.
Men’s Street
After the run section of the semi final, Kelvin Hoefler (Brazil) led Nyjah Huston (United States). Huston would be joined by Jagger Eaton (United States) and Sora Shirai (Japan) in landing two tricks over 90 points. In the final, again Huston lead the run section from Eaton and Shirai. Six of eight hit a score over 90 in the first trick run, led by Yuto Horigome (Japan). Huston and Eaton would both land a second trick to put themselves first and second. The third run saw Cordano Russell (Canada) land a second trick over 90, but his run section had let him down. Eaton would go into first by improving his trick on the fourth run whilst Shirai went into third. The only man to land a relevant number in the final round was Horigome who scored 97.08, enough for him to win the gold by 0.1.
🥇Yuto Horigome 🇯🇵
🥈Jagger Eaton 🇺🇸
🥉Nyjah Huston 🇺🇸
I kind of ignored the Olympic medalists from Tokyo which was a mistake as two returned. I did think Hutson would be better this time around and he was on the podium.
Women’s Park
Kokona Hiraki (Japan) led qualification with an 88.07 ahead of Bryce Wettstein (United States). Sky Brown(Great Britain) confirmed beforehand she was not competing at 100% with her injuries but still made the final. Defending Olympic champion Sakura Yosozumi (Japan) would not make the final. In the final the pace was set by Dora Varella (Brazil) with an 85.06. Wettstein would take the lead with an 88.12 but Hiraki would go even better with a 91.98. Arisa Trew (Australia) would improve on her second run, going to 90.11. As would Brown, scoring 91.60. Trew would land a sensational third run, going into gold medal position with a 93.18. Brown also improved but only to 92.31. Hiraki would improve to 92.63 to get the silver medal.
🥇Arisa Trew 🇦🇺
🥈Kokona Hiraki 🇯🇵
🥉Sky Brown 🇬🇧
Again, of the four names listed, the podium had three of them. I would have likely gone against Brown if I’d have known about the injuries. Trew dealt with the Olympic experience better than I predicted.
Women’s Street
In the semi-finals, Liz Akama (Japan) led the run phase as one of three skaters to score over 80 with Coco Yoshizawa (Japan) and Cui Chenxi (China). In the trick phase Rayssa Leal (Brazil) scored to most to seal qualification whilst overall it was the Japanese pair who led. In the final, none of the first seven competitors landed a clean run leaving Yoshizawa to take a big lead with a score of 85.02. At the end of the runs phase Akama led with 89.26 ahead of Yoshizawa on 86.80 and Funa Nakayama (Japan) on 79.77. In the first round of the tricks, the standout score was Akama going over 90. Leal would follow in round two. Chloe Covell (Australia) and Nakayama finished round three with no scores in the tricks meaning the pressure was at its largest. With two rounds to go Akama led Chenxi and Poe Pinson (United States). Neither Covell nor Nakayama could land a trick in the fourth round meaning they would miss out on the podium. Yoshizawa would score 96.49 to go into first place. In the final round, Leal would score 88.83 to go into bronze medal position. The gold medal came down to whether Akama could improve in the final round but she couldn’t land a jump
🥇Funa Nakayama 🇯🇵
🥈Liz Akama 🇯🇵
🥉Rayssa Leal 🇧🇷
I mentioned five names as likely contenders and the medalists came from those five. I do not think Covell handled the pressure well which I said could be her downfall.
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