A "street" tournament was held in Mie Prefecture, where people compete for skills by skating on a course with stairs and handrails.
Due to rain, the final scheduled for the evening was canceled, and the women's championship was won by Kaede Nakayama, who won the bronze medal in this event of the Tokyo Olympics due to the results of the qualifying.
Of the skateboarding "Japan Open" held in the second category, a street tournament was held in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture on the 2nd, where people compete on the course with stairs and handrails.
In the women's qualifying held in the morning, the athletes performed two "runs" in which they performed their skills many times in 45 seconds, and Nakayama, a 16-year-old bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in this event, was the second in the qualifying. I marked 58.00 with and passed the qualifying at the top.
However, the final, which was scheduled to be held from the evening, was canceled due to heavy rain, and the ranking was decided by the results of the qualifying according to the rules of the tournament, and Nakayama won the championship.
Nakayama said, "I was happy because I was able to succeed in the second qualifying session, but I am disappointed that I was not able to show my technique in the final. I will do my best to be selected as a player for the Paris Olympics in the future. I want to. "
On the other hand, because it was raining for the boys, the competition was canceled in the middle of the qualifying and it was not possible to rank them, so the sponsoring competition group will consider holding a redo competition.
The skateboard "Japan Open" will be held on the 9th and 10th of this month in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a "park" tournament will be held in which players compete on a mortar-shaped course.