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 ...
As skateboarding returns for a second installment following its Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago, the sport continues a surprising trend: teenagers rule a vast majority of the field. The ...
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.
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Breaking debuted at the Paris Summer Games, while sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding made their second Olympic appearances. Medals were the top goal at the 2024 Olympics, but what else came ...
Alex grew up around plenty of urban architecture to perfect the art of skateboarding. Now he’s hoping to qualify for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. Here’s his skateboarding journey in his ...