Japanese 14-year-old Liz Akama won a Paris Olympic qualifying street skateboarding event for the first time on June 25, while Sora Shirai came second in the men's category.
Olympic gold medalist Yuto Horigome won the inaugural Uprising Tokyo street skateboarding competition on May 28, snatching victory by reeling off a mistake-free run in the last of his three attempts in the men's final.