In the skateboarding world championships, the park semi-finals were held in the UAE = United Arab Emirates, and the girls, 14-year-old Hina Kusaki, ranked 2nd among the top Japanese players and decided to advance to the finals.
Two Tokyo Olympic medalists, Sakura Yosozumi and Kaishina, also advanced smoothly to the final.
The skateboarding representatives of the Paris Olympics, where two events, street and park, will be held, will be determined by the world ranking based on the points obtained in the target international competition, and this target world championship will be held in the UAE on the 11th, in the men's and women's parks. The semi-finals were held.
Park skated a mortar-shaped course for 45 seconds, and was scored for the difficulty, composition, speed, etc. of the technique, and competed with the highest score out of three times.
In the women's event, Hina Kusaki, who has won the Japan Championship for two consecutive years, scored a high score of 84.50 by skating without mistakes, such as skating with her characteristic speed and landing a big move "540" in one and a half turns in the 3rd time. and decided to advance to the finals.
In addition, 14-year-old Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Kaishinna of this event decided her specialty "nose grind" by sliding the axle part of the front wheel, and placed 3rd with 81.36, and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Sakura Yosumi. The athletes also showed a sense of stability and advanced to the finals in 6th place with a score of 77.16.
Kisaki Nakamura finished 14th in the semi-finals and did not advance to the finals.
On the other hand, 17-year-old Yuji Nagahara, who won the Japanese Championship last year, was the only Japanese player to advance to the quarterfinals, but he was 23rd and did not advance to the semifinals.
In addition, Ayumu Hirano, a Beijing Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding and a member of the Tokyo Olympics, was eliminated in the qualifying rounds.
The top 8 men's and women's park finals will be held on the 12th.