Japan and Australia. And with nearly all of the medalists from the Tokyo Olympics returning and young talent emerging over the past three years, there will be fierce competition when the first ...

Japanese schoolgirl Misugu Okamoto is refusing to entertain thoughts of Tokyo Olympic gold despite becoming skateboarding’s youngest world champion at the weekend. The 13-year-old captured the ...

Heyn leaned into her ability to skate in switch, which is significantly more difficult and earned her additional points. Japanese Funa Nakayama, the defending Olympic bronze medalist, and Australian ...

He had endured a long and winding five years, since it was decided in 2016 that skateboarding would become an Olympic sport. Since then, Horigome had led the way as Japan’s leading skater and ...

Yuto Horigome of Japan won the first ever skateboarding competition at the Olympic Games, taking gold in men’s street on Sunday in the city where he learned to skate as a kid and where his sport ...