运动员们质疑滑板运动在奥运会上的存在，400米栏比赛再创纪录，巴西运动员表现出色。 Japan’s teenage skateboarders continue to dominate the Olympic competition to the delight of the host nation. But their performances mask a debate between ...

A young Coco Yoshizawa casually watched the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 on TV until she came across the new street skateboarding competition. “I didn’t even know it was an Olympic sport until ...

Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

At the Women's Park skateboarding champions at the Tokyo Olympics, the podium was two teens and a 12-year-old. Bronze went to 13-year-old Sky Brown of Great Britain. Japan's Kokona Hiraki ...

Making its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, Skateboarding is an essential part of street culture. Athletes will demonstrate their skills in a celebratory, festival-like atmosphere. They are free to ...

Three years ago, Yuto Horigome stood atop the podium for the men's skateboard street competition at the Tokyo Games, where the sport was welcomed into the Olympic fold. Only a few weeks later ...

Siobhan Haughey’s journey to the Olympics Two other young ... skateboarders’ massive victories in the Tokyo Games, the world champion hoped skateboarding would become much more popular and ...

After seeing 13-year-old Rayssa Leal from Brazil win silver in the first-ever street skateboarding competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Giovanna Alves Farias only had one wish: to start ...

Skateboarding was approved for the Tokyo Olympics in 2016 as part of an initiative that allows host cities to promote sports that are popular within their nation. At the time, the sport was only ...