Olympics: Japanese Secure 1-2 Finish in Women’s Street Skateboarding

Zhu Yuanling of China at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 28, 2024. Photo: Xinhua.

July 29, 2024 Hour: 10:45 am

The competition consisted of two runs and five trick displays.

On Sunday, Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama took gold and silver medals respectively in the women’s street skateboarding final at the Paris Olympics, while Brazil’s Rayssa Leal settled with the bronze. China’s Cui Chenxi finished fourth.

The street skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics consisted of two runs and five trick displays, with the final score decided by the sum of highest run score and highest score of two tricks.

Yoshizawa was in second place after two runs, but with a score of 96.49 for her fourth trick and steady play on the fifth, she surpassed Akama and secured the gold medal with a combined score of 272.75.

Cui made mistakes in both runs, but she scored 86.98 and 89.11 for her first two tricks, surviving the hope of winning a medal. Leal was only ranked sixth before the fifth trick, but she managed to overtake Cui and finish third after her final jump. In the last trick, Cui attempted a more difficult move but failed to deliver.

#CRONIO Con 12 años, Layssa Leal ganó la medalla de plata en street skateboarding en los olímpicos de Tokio 2020. Hoy, con solo 16 años de edad, se llevó la medalla de bronce en street skateboarding en París 2024.

¡Apenas es una adolescente y ya es dos veces medallista olímpica! pic.twitter.com/SbuzdEz60I
— Diario Digital Cronio (@croniosv) July 29, 2024

The text reads, “At 12 years old, Layssa Leal won the silver medal in street skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Today, at just 16 years old, she took home the bronze medal in street skateboarding at Paris 2024. She’s barely a teenager and she’s already a two-time Olympic medalist!”

Missing a medal, Cui was not disappointed. “Even though they made mistakes, they were all very talented. Leal is actually on par with the top three, and she could have taken first place as well,” she said.

Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Funa Nakayama performed poorly in both the first run and the five tricks, finishing only seventh. China’s other two competitors, Zeng Wenhui and Zhu Yuanling, did not qualify for the final.

On Sunday, in men’s street skateboarding, Argentine Matias dell Olio and Brazilian Kelvin Hoefler qualified in fifth and sixth place for the final to be held in La Concordia.

The Argentine, with 266.28 points, and the Brazilian, with 266.24, made the cut to be among the top eight athletes at the Paris Olympics and fight for Olympic medals.