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Older guys Macdonald and Oberholzer set a gold standard for skateboarding fun at the Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — It didn't matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a winner “People are like: ‘Are you going for the gold?’ And...
Australia's Arisa Trew wins gold in women's park skateboarding at Paris Games
PARIS (AP) — After Australia's Arisa Trew scored a 93.18 on her final run in women's park skateboarding Tuesday at the Paris Olympics, she knew she was heading to the podium. The wait to see exactly where she would land was excruciating. It was only when a 92.63...
The 49-year-old skateboarder who crossed paths with dragons on 4-wheeled odyssey to 2024 Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Of the 10,500 athletes at the Paris Olympics, skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer is surely the only one to have crossed paths with dragons on his four-wheeled round-the-world odyssey to the 2024 Games. The 49-year-old from South Africa had to go to the jungles of Peru to...
Japan's Yuto Horigome wins second Olympic gold medal in men's street skateboarding
PARIS (AP) — Yuto Horigome was not even thinking about the podium this time. The first men's street skateboarding champion when the sport debuted in the Olympics in 2021, he was so far back going into his final try that it looked as if he would fall short. Instead, the 25-year-old...
Continued rain postpones skateboarding, delays tennis at Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Rain that fell throughout the opening ceremony continued on Saturday, leading to postponements and delays at the Paris Olympics. The first event of the skateboarding competition, men’s street skateboarding, was postponed from Saturday until Monday because of the...
Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the skateboarding competition
A roadmap to follow for the skateboarding competition during the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Jagger Eaton, United States: Eaton won bronze in the street contest in Tokyo. He became the first athlete to win park and street world championships when he captured...
After Tokyo setback and knee surgery, Nyjah Huston is growing up as he skates toward Paris Olympics
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Nyjah Huston says he isn't going out to the clubs much in Hollywood this year. He also isn't throwing many of his infamously wild house parties, even though he recently learned to DJ while he was laid up with a torn knee ligament. Huston is rising...
