Yuto Horigome, the Tokyo Olympics men's street skateboarding champion, suffers a huge blow in his bid to reach this summer's Paris Games by making an early exit during a qualifier series meet in Shanghai.
Japan's dominance of the street skateboarding world championships in Tokyo has highlighted the fierce competition to represent the country at next summer's Paris Olympics. The host nation
Sora Shirai leads a Japanese men's podium sweep and Yumeka Oda wins her maiden women's crown as the host nation wrapped up the street skateboarding world championships in resounding fashion at Tokyo's Ariake Coliseum.
American superstar Nyjah Huston advances to the men's final of the street skateboarding world championships in pole position, with 13-year-old home-grown sensation Ginwoo Onodera hot on his heels at Tokyo's Ariake Coliseum.