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Nakayama competed in the finals at the Street League Skateboarding Tour - London in 2019. [6] [7] She finished in 6th place. [8] She entered the finals as the number one qualifier. [9] She had similar results three weeks later in Long Beach, California. [10] She entered that contest off of a second place in the street qualifier. [11]
In January 2019, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she was crowned world skateboarding champion in the World Skateboarding Championship, which was jointly organized by World Skate and Street League Skateboarding (SLS). Nishimura eclipsed hometown favorite, Letícia Bufoni, who won the silver medal. [7]
Stess began skateboarding at two years old. [8] In 2013, at eight years old, she became the first girl ever to win the California Amateur Skateboard League. [9] In 2014, during the King of Groms Championship, she became the first female skater to compete in all three skateboarding finals (street, mini ramp and bowl), and was the first girl to win the mini ramp competition. [10]
The Urban Sport Park, which plays host to skateboarding, BMX, breakdancing and 3x3 basketball at these Olympics, has a different feel to other venues: DJs tell fans to put their hands in the air ...
Brazil's 15-year-old skateboarding sensation Rayssa Leal, one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the street event at the Paris Olympics next year, won her first Pan American Games crown on ...
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the first ever gold medal in the women's street competition. Winning at the age of 13, she is the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for Japan, and the third youngest after Marjorie Gestring and Klaus Zerta to ever win an event at the Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4]
There is certainly precedent for youngsters achieving in skateboarding. The gold medal winner in the women’s park event at this year’s Asian Games was 15-year-old Hinano Kusaki from Japan.
In September 2015, skateboarding was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics; [1] and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games. [2]