Australian Keegan Palmer (Keegan Palmer) slid to the gold medal easily and smoothly in the men’s park event on Thursday, which was full of skill. Tokyo Olympics, And Brazil’s Pedro Barros (Pedro Barros) passed through the concrete bowl with lightning speed to win the silver medal.
The 18-year-old Palmer showed three controlled runs, landing lip skills and a huge 540 seconds at the Ariake City Sports Park, and set a high of 94.04 in his first game, which no one else could beat of.
The Australian then defeated himself, showed off a 540 kick, and threw down his chessboard excitedly. Palmer won the game’s highest score in the third and final game with 95.83 points.
Junior skaters from Japan and the United Kingdom won the Olympic Skate Park medal for the first time in Tokyo
Barros ran fast on the court, flew over the central island of the park, and obtained the highest score of 86.14, ensuring that Brazil won the third silver medal in the Olympic skateboarding event. Barros showed off his nose in the second round, but failed to meet the standards set by the Australians.
Despite the humid weather, the temperature in the final game rose to 32 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit), but Corey Juno of the United States still insisted on bronze.
The contestants wore colorful uniforms and knee pads, sweating, hugging each other after the game, and took out their mobile phones to take selfies.
(Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
