At only 13 years, the Japanese Momiji Nishiya was crowned Olympic champion of skateboarding in the category street women, Monday in Tokyo. The Japanese Momiji Nishiya, 13 years old, became the first Olympic champion in the history of skateboarding, additional sport to the Olympics-2020, in the category street women, Monday in Tokyo, in front of the Brazilian Rayssa Leal (13 years) and the Japanese Funa Nakayama (16 years).
Nishiya, silver medalist at the Worlds-2021 and who will celebrate her 14th birthday on August 30, is not the youngest champion in the history of the Olympics. The record of precocity is held since 1936 by the American Marjorie Gestring, crowned in diving at 13 years and 267 days.
Medal table: Japan takes the lead
This is how the third day of the Tokyo Olympic Games ended.
The United States (14 medals, including 7 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze), which won 10 awards on Sunday alone, Japan (8 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) and China (6 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze), are in the lead.
What a match between Brazil and Argentina! And it is finally the Brazilians, led two sets to zero and close to the abyss in the fourth set that win after the tie-break (16-14). It is their second success in this group where France also appears. Second defeat for Argentina, next opponent of Les Bleus.
