An international skateboarding and street competition to be selected for the Paris Olympics was held in the United Arab Emirates, and last year's world championship silver medalist Kairyu Netsuke, 20, was selected for the men's competition. I achieved my first victory.
Meanwhile, in the women's final, 15-year-old Rinne Akama, ranked 5th in the world, came from behind to win, her second win in an Olympic qualifying tournament.
Men's 20-year-old Kairyu Netsuke wins his first victory at the Paris Olympics selection tournament
Skateboarding representatives at the Paris Olympics, where two events, street and park, will be held will be determined by a world ranking based on points earned at participating international competitions. The final was held in Dubai.
Street is a course with stairs, rails, etc., where you perform two "runs" where you skate for 45 seconds and perform tricks over and over again, and five "best tricks" where you compete with one trick. The competition will be based on the highest total of three times.
Among the boys, 20-year-old Netsuke took second place by performing a variety of techniques without making any mistakes on the first run of his specialty.
In the best trick of the second half, in the fourth attempt, he performed a heel flip, which involves rotating the board inside out, then jumping onto the rail and sliding the board, marking a high score of 93.17, giving him a total of 263.74, making him the winner of the Paris Olympics. He won his first victory in the selection competition.
In addition, 22-year-old Sora Shirai, the gold medalist at last year's world championships, performed the great "Cabaret Real Sugar Cane Grind" in the fifth and last of his best tricks, marking the highest score of the tournament at 97.07. and came in 3rd place.
As a result, Shirai has risen to number one in the world rankings.
Other Japanese athletes include 14-year-old Ginun Onodera, who came in 4th place, and Tokyo Olympic representative Yukito Aoki, who came in 8th place.
There are only two remaining competitions in the Olympic street skateboarding competition, the Urban Sports qualifying series to be held in May and June, and 44 men and women will participate in the qualifying series based on the world rankings after this competition. move on.
Women's final: 15-year-old Rinne Akama comes from behind to win
In the women's final, 15-year-old Rinne Akama, who is ranked 5th in the world, performed her signature ``burley grind revert'' in which she makes a half turn on the first run, jumps onto the handrail, and slides on the axle, taking her to 2nd place. I did.
In the best trick, in the fifth and final attempt, he performed a technique in which he spun 270 degrees, jumped on the rail, and slid the board, marking a high score of 93.17, and coming from behind to win with a total of 270.84. I scored a victory.
Also, 14-year-old Koi Yoshizawa, who is 7th in the world rankings and 5th among Japanese athletes in the national team selection, came in 3rd place, and 12-year-old Yukisei Matsumoto, who was 3rd in last year's Japan Championship, came in 4th. I put up a good fight.
Other Japanese athletes include 16-year-old Miyu Ito in 5th place and 22-year-old Nijika Fujisawa in 6th place.