Japan’s Nishiya Nishiki won the first Olympic women’s street skateboarding gold medal in history in Tokyo on Monday (July 26), making history.
“I didn’t expect that I would win, but everyone around me cheered and cheered for me, so I am very happy that I can find my feelings,” Saiya said.
This player is only 13 years old and is participating in a new event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Skateboarding is one of the five new events of the Olympic Games. The venue for street-style events simulates some urban environments, allowing players to express their fancy styles on benches and curbs.
“I am very happy to win the Olympic Games in Japan, and I am also very happy to win my first Olympic championship as one of the young players of the day,” said the player who has just reached the top on this new stage.
The 13-year-old Brazilian player Rayssa Leal won the silver medal in this event, and the 16-year-old Japanese player Kaede Nakayama won the bronze medal.
The future has arrived
The podium of the women’s street skateboarding event is the youngest individual event in the history of the Olympics. The average age of the players is only 14 years and 191 days.
The youngest champion in Olympic history is Marjorie Gestring. She won the springboard diving championship at the 1936 Berlin Olympics at the age of 13 years and 267 days. When she won the prize, she was 63 days younger than the current Seiya.
The host also won the men’s street skateboarding event this time, and the 22-year-old Yuto Hori won the championship.
Nishiya made a slight slip and made a mistake in her first two styles, but completed the next three moves with 15.26 points, surpassing Lier’s 14.64 points.
When the result was locked to the gold medal, she had a big smile on her face.
Nishiya from Osaka started skateboarding when she was 5 years old, which was inspired by her brother.
The second-placed Brazilian player Reza Lier could have made this history. At the age of 13 years and 203 days, if she wins, she will become the youngest individual champion in Olympic history.
“I realized my dream and my father’s dream,” she said after winning the silver medal.
When asked how some people said that girls can’t skateboard, how did she respond, Brazilian players said that there should be no gender barriers in this sport.
“I think skateboarding belongs to everyone.”
Other junior athletes in this Olympics
As the youngest Olympic champion, Gersterling still has a chance to be broken in this Olympics.
In the Women’s Skate Bowl on August 4, Sky Brown, who is 13 years old and 28 days old, will become the youngest Olympian in Britain.
The Japanese teenager Kai Na (12 years old and 343 days) will also compete in the same event. She is the second youngest athlete in the entire Tokyo Olympics and the youngest athlete to represent Japan in the Summer Olympics in history.
The youngest athlete in the Tokyo Olympics is 12-year-old Syrian table tennis star Hend Zaza. She has left the Olympics after losing 4-0 to Liu Jia of Austria in the first lap last Saturday. .
Other young players who are expected to compete for medals are 16-year-old twin sisters Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova. They will represent Britain in the women’s gymnastics team.
The 14-year-old diver Quan Hongchan will represent China in the women’s 10-meter platform.
Another 14-year-old player is Canada’s Summer McIntosh, who set a Canadian record with 4:02.72 in the 400m freestyle preliminaries on Sunday.
And 15-year-old swimmer Katie Grimes (Katie Grimes) is the most gold medal holder since Katie Ledecky (Katie Ledecky) in the history of the United States swimming team. Young Olympians, the former also represented the United States in the Olympics for the first time at the age of 15.