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Cory Juneau, the No. 2 ranked park skater in the world, went from making the finals by less than a point to becoming a medalist by less than a point in the first Olympic competition in the history of his event. The San Diego native found himself facing elimination going…

12.01am BST 00:01 Men’s 50km walk: Tomala has increased his lead, but we’re not getting a time or distance on it. But with that, I’m going to bid you farewell because tomorrow’s blog is here; Tom Lutz will get that away and take in the end of this race. Ta-ra!…

The Tokyo Olympics has seen a string of new action sports introduced for the first time. Viewers have got to see the debuts of skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing, 3X3 basketball and freestyle BMX, among others. The introduction of the events may have not impressed some Olympic traditionalists, but the games…

Australian Kieran Woolley crashes into cameraman during park skateboarding run at Olympics  msnNOWRead More

There's a whole lot going on every day at the Tokyo Olympics. Here, we'll keep you up-to-date with everything you need to know. Olympic story of the day: From edge of tragedy to edge of goldKaleigh Gilchrist and the rest of Team USA's women's water polo team are in the…

Recently, I've been skateboarding. I've been skating before starting work for the day, and I've skated once I'm all done. Unlike a fair share of my colleagues, I haven't picked up actual skateboarding during the pandemic - I've looked to videogames as wish-fulfilment for that, and my latest obsession is…

Gif: The Ramp I wrote about The Ramp a few weeks back when I thought it looked like a cool little skateboarding game, but I’m writing about it again now because it’s out and I’ve played it and it’s wonderful. Let’s set some expectations before we begin: The Ramp is…

Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women’s street skateboarding competition on Monday, shedding tears of happiness after nailing her final trick and becoming the country’s youngest-ever gold medal winner. Nishiya came out on top of an unusually young field of competitors, with all three medallists in…

What were you doing when you were 13? Trying to establish your taste in music? Becoming a teenage terror for your parents? Japan’s Momiji Nishiya just won her first Olympic gold medal, becoming the first woman to win an Olympic skateboarding medal, the youngest athlete in Japanese history to medal,…

It is a scientifically proven fact that there’s nothing cooler than skateboarding, especially when girls do it. (Hello, Betty.) Parents may dispute this truth, offering injury statistics and knee pads, but come on...what’s more badass than seeing a young woman dominate on her board, particularly in a sport that has…