Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Nishiya Momiji becomes first women's skateboard champion
Japan's Nishiya Momiji became first women's skateboard champion at the age of 13.
At a young age of 13 years and 330 days, Japan's Momiji Nishiya became the youngest individual olympics champion. On Monday, she won the gold in women's skateboarding championship.
As reported by NDTV Sports, Nishiya finished ahead of Brazil's Rayssa Leal, 13 years and 203 days could have become the youngest ever individual Olympic champion and Japan's Funa Nakayama, 16. Nishiya starred in the tricks section to score 15.26 and give the hosts a clean-sweep of the street discipline as skateboarding makes its Olympic debut.
Skaters get two 45-second runs on the equipment and five shots at a one-off trick. Their best four scores out of the seven make up their final total.
“I welled up in tears because I was beyond happy,” Nishiya said, describing the moment when she won gold. “I want more rivals, which will make skating more fun,” she added.
Skateboarding is a new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020.
