Men’s skateboarding: Tokyo Olympic champion Yuto Horigome makes a comeback and joins the Paris Games team

Men’s skateboarding: Tokyo Olympic champion Yuto Horigome makes a comeback and joins the Paris Games team


Olympic mark (Photo by Hiroshi Maruyama, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo)

The final day of the Paris Olympic Qualifying Series for urban sports took place on the 23rd in Budapest, where Tokyo Olympic champion Yuto Horigome (Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management) won the men’s street skateboarding final and made it onto the national team in a reversal. 14-year-old Gin’un Onodera, who came in second, made his first appearance, while world champion Sora Shirai (Murasaki Sports), who came in third, made his second consecutive appearance. Kairyu Netsuke (DC Shoes), who came in seventh, was eliminated.

In the women’s park, 15-year-old Kai Shinna (WHYDAH GROUP), who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and came in third, Kusagi Hinano (Starts) who came in fifth, and Olympic champion Yosozumi Sakura (Dai-ichi Life Insurance), who was eliminated in the semi-finals on the 22nd, qualified to compete through rankings. Kusagi is representing Japan for the first time. 13-year-old Hasegawa Mizuho, ​​who came in fourth, missed out on an Olympic ticket.

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