World skateboarding championship, 13-year-old girl Yuu Okamoto wins September 15, 11:00
Next year's Tokyo Olympics new skateboard park world championship was held in Brazil, and 13-year-old Yusuke Okamoto won the championship, and 17-year-old Sakura Shijuju won second place.
The world championship of the park that competes in a bowl-shaped course on the new Tokyo Olympic Games skateboard was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and eight women, including three Japanese players, participated in the final of the women's race held on the 14th.
In the final, the skies are slid for 45 seconds 4 times and the highest points are competed.
Of these, Okamoto, who passed the semi-final at the top, made a mistake at the first time, but at the second time, the speed was slipped, and as a female player, decided the technique one after another with the top class “Air” as a weapon He also decided on a great technique "540" (Five Forty), which makes his body turn half a half while jumping, and marked 61.17.
Okamoto won the world championship for the first time, and at the age of 13, he took the seat of the world queen.
In addition, Shiju, who won last year's world championship, succeeded in big successes in the third slide and won second place in 60.00. Takaaki Nakamura was 8th.
On the skateboarding, international competitions that can earn points for participation in the Tokyo Olympics, including this World Championship, are held in various places, and Okamoto gained momentum for the Olympics in three consecutive wins. On the other hand, Ayumu Hirano went to the semi-finals for the boys, but missed the final.
Okamoto Wins at major tournaments for the Tokyo Olympics
Yuu Okamoto is 13 years old and a first year middle school student from Aichi Prefecture. With the influence of his brother, he started skateboarding at the age of 8, and jumped from the edge of the course with speed. “Air” is the highest level among female players.
Last year, he finished fifth in the world championships held in China, and in second place won the Japanese championship in May.
Furthermore, in the following international tournament held in the United States in June, he won the championship by succeeding in the big skill “540” that makes the body make one and a half turns while jumping that there are few players that women can do. In addition to the international tournament held in Nanjing, he won consecutive tournaments that were eligible for the points he entered the Tokyo Olympics.