skateboarding: Quick Facts

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Sakura Yosozumi of Team Japan wearing a red shirt and blue helmet performs a trick on a skateboard in the women's park finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Teen girl wearing a red helmet and knee pads skateboards down a rail at a skate park in Phoenix, Arizona, with palm trees and a clear sky in the background.

Young boy wearing a helmet and pads performs an aerial trick on a skateboard above the edge of a concrete skate park bowl, with trees visible in the background.

Yuto Horigome of Japan performs a trick on a handrail during the men's street skateboarding final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with judges and spectators in the background.

Yuto Horigome of Team Japan smiles and looks to the side while celebrating after winning gold in the Skateboarding Men's Street Finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Gold medalist Yuto Horigome

Yuto Horigome

Japanese skateboarder

Rayssa Leal

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

American skateboarder

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