TOKYO: Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women’s street skateboarding competition, shedding tears of happiness after nailing her final trick and becoming the country’s youngest-ever gold medal winner.
Nishiya came out on top of an unusually young field of competitors, with all three medallists in their teens. Brazilian silver medallist Rayssa Leal is also 13, while bronze medallist Funa Nakayama, also from Japan, is 16.
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