PARIS, July 28 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama took gold and silver medals respectively in the women’s street skateboarding final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, while Brazil’s Rayssa Leal settled with the bronze.
China’s Cui Chenxi finished fourth, achieving the country’s best result in the event at the Olympics.
The street skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics consisted of two runs and five trick displays, with the final score decided by the sum of highest run score and highest score of two tricks.
Yoshizawa was in second place after two runs, but with a score of 96.49 for her fourth trick and steady play on the fifth, she surpassed Akama and secured the gold medal with a combined score of 272.75.
Cui made mistakes in both runs, but she scored 86.98 and 89.11 for her first two tricks, surviving the hope of winning a medal. Leal was only ranked sixth before the fifth trick, but she managed to overtake Cui and finish third after her final jump. In the last trick, Cui attempted a more difficult move but failed to deliver.
Missing a medal, Cui was not disappointed. “Even though they made mistakes, they were all very talented. Leal is actually on par with the top three, and she could have taken first place as well,” she said.
Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Funa Nakayama performed poorly in both the first run and the five tricks, finishing only seventh. China’s other two competitors, Zeng Wenhui and Zhu Yuanling, did not qualify for the final.
