Olympics-Skateboarding-Australia's Palmer defends men's park title at Paris Games


Paris 2024 Olympics - Skateboarding - Men's Park Final - La Concorde 4, Paris, France - August 07, 2024. Keegan Palmer of Australia in action. REUTERS/Mike Blake

PARIS (Reuters) -Australia's Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Games and become the first back-to-back gold medallist in the men's park skateboarding event.

Palmer whipped through the concrete bowl in an opening run packed with tricks to grab the lead with a score of 93.11, which would ultimately prove enough as Schaar was unable to stay attached to his board in his final run.

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