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.
Skateboarding has been removed from the Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme after the Panam Sports Executive Committee claimed World Skate and the Pan American Confederation of Roller Sports had not fulfilled their requirements.
Top Russian skateboarder Maxim Kruglov has been handed a four-year doping ban by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).
London's Copper Box Arena has been chosen to host next year's World Skate Street League Skateboarding (SLS) World Championships, the last qualification event for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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