Japan takes gold and silver in women’s park skateboarding

The first-ever Olympic gold in the women’s park skateboarding event has gone to Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi. The 19-year-old posted 60.09 points to beat two teenagers to the gold, with fellow Japanese rider Kokona Hiraki, 12, (59.04) winning silver and Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, (56.47) claiming bronze. Japan has now won all of the first golds on offer in skateboarding earlier in the Games, with Yuto Horigome taking the men’s street and 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya winning the woman’s street event at the Ariake Sports Park. The eight finalists in the park competition each had three runs of 45 seconds …

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