Britain's 11-year-old sensation Sky Brown continued her bid for Tokyo 2020 qualification by winning the women's quarter-final at the five-star International Skateboarding Open in Nanjing today.
As skateboarding moves closer to its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, the latest in this season’s qualifying events, the five-star International Skateboarding Open begins tomorrow in Nanjing, China.
Ten-year-old Sky Brown has edged closer to her Olympic dream at Tokyo 2020 after she was seeded for next month's International Skateboarding Open World Championship event in Nanjing.
The road to skateboarding's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 has officially begun after the first qualifiers for the park and street events were held in Long Beach.
Brazil's Pedro Barros topped the standings in the semi-finals of the men's park competition at Dew Tour Long Beach 2019, while Nyjah Huston of the United States led the way in the street competition.
United States’ Mariah Duran progressed to the final of the women’s street competition at the Dew Tour Long Beach event, a qualifier for skateboarding’s Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.
Misugu Okamoto was the best-performing qualifier for the women’s park final on day one of the Dew Tour Long Beach event, a qualifier for skateboarding’s Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.
The 2019 World Park Skateboarding Championships will take place in São Paulo from September 10 to 15, it has been announced.
Long Beach in California is this week welcoming more than 300 of the world’s best male and female skateboarders who will compete in the park and street events for a chance to win the Dew Tour title, while earning valuable points towards their country’s Olympic team for Tokyo 2020.
Nyjah Huston demonstrated once again today why he is the prime exponent of men’s skateboard street as he produced a score of 94.00 points on his third and final run to move from fourth to first in the final at the X Games in Shanghai – thus claiming his 10th X Games title.
Ryo Sagawa continued his impressive run as he topped qualifying in the skateboard street competition at the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series in Montpellier today.
World champion Nyjah Huston produced a superb display to claim gold in the men's final at the World Skate Street League Skateboarding (SLS) World Tour event in London.
Three-times world street skateboarding champion Nyjah Huston of the United States and women's world champion Aori Nishimura join the action this weekend as London’s Copper Box Arena hosts the final stages of the first Tokyo 2020 qualifying event within the World Skate/Street League Skateboarding World Tour.
Skaters have booked places in the quarter and semi-final stage of the London Global Open qualifiers, the skateboarding’s first event on the path to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
World Skateboarding Federation (WSF) President Tim McFerran has warned the sport's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 could be "embarrassing" after it was axed from the Lima 2019 Pan American Games amid a dispute regarding qualification.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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