CONTESTS
UPDATE: USA Skateboarding Unveils the United States’ Olympic Team
UPDATE 03.19.19: USA Skateboarding unveiled the United States’ Olympic team this afternoon. Have a look at the full roster below.
Men’s Street
Jagger Eaton
Nyjah Huston
Chris Joslin
Louie Lopez
Men’s Park
Tristan Rennie
Tom Schaar
Alex Sorgente
Zion Wright
Women’s Street
Lacey Baker
Mariah Duran
Alexis Sablone
Jenn Soto
Women’s Park
Jordyn Barratt
Nicole Hause
Bryce Wettstein
Brighton Zeuner
Image Via USA Skateboarding
CONTESTS
Rayssa Leal Gets her Second X Games Gold
Brazilian teen skateboarder Rayssa Leal grabbed her second X Games gold in last Friday’s X Games Chiba Women’s Street competition.
Leal skillfully executed stylish moves while conquering the most challenging obstacle on the course, a 14-step handrail in her first run.
Momiji Nishiya and Rizu Akama joined her at the podium for second and third place, respectively.
Leal is also the 2022 SLS Super Crown champion and is gunning to defend her title this year. She just won the first 2023 SLS stop in Chicago two weeks ago.
Watch the full coverage of the competition below.
CONTESTS
Keegan Palmer Tops X Games Japan Men’s Skateboard Park
Keegan Palmer earned a gold medal for X Games Japan Men’s Skateboarding Park.
The Australian skateboarder secured his spot in the first run, scoring 83.66. Corey Juneau came in second, while Gavin Bottger took the third spot.
Last Friday’s competition was supposed to be an elimination round for Saturday’s finals. However, the organizers had to cancel several events because of nonstop rain. They informed participants to treat the elimination as finals in case of cancellations.
Watch the full competition below.
CONTESTS
Cocona Hiraki Wins the 2023 X Games Japan Women’s Skateboard Park
Cocona Hiraki earned her first X Games gold for Women’s Skateboard Park at the X Games Chiba, Japan.
She placed second in last year’s X Games Chiba and third in the 2022 Summer X Games. She is also the youngest X Games medalist at age 10 after earning a silver medal in the 2019 X Games Minneapolis Women’s Park.
The 14-year-old Japanese skateboarder was also a silver medalist in the Tokyo Olympics and the youngest summer Olympian from Japan on record.
Ruby Lilley and Yurin Fujii came in second and third place, respectively.
The competition held last Friday was supposed to be an elimination round. However, organizers cancelled Saturday skateboarding events because of the weather.
X Games organizers declared the elimination standings as the final results.
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