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.

Skateboarding originally spread as part ... “I feel this weighs more than the gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics.” ...

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 ...

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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 ...

But for her, skateboarding is not just about winning Olympic medals – it also seems to be an avenue for her ambition. “I’m going to try my best to get [a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics ...

Skateboarding joins BMX freestyle in making ... when she became the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. The New Zealander is a weightlifter who will represent her home ...

Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the team and individual all-around competitions at the Tokyo Olympics has opened eyes to the pressures behind the gold. “It’s been a long week ...

As a result, Sky Brown started to watch her Tokyo Olympics dream when she got to ... In that quest, skateboarding is not the only sport. Stuart also let the Brown siblings try the surfing game.