Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Skateboarding - Men's Park - Preliminary Round - Ariake Urban Sports Park - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Luiz Francisco of Brazil in action REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazilian Luiz Francisco led a crew of skaters from his country to the finals of the men's park skateboarding competition, soaring over the skate park under Tokyo's scorching sun on Thursday.
The skaters, all sweating in their colourful uniforms and kneepads, rode smooth lines over the concrete bowl of the Ariake Urban Sports Park, where temperatures rose to 32 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of Thursday's fourth heat.
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