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Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Asian Games gold medallist Margielyn Didal and Shin Sanbongi have been named respective women’s and men’s Asia Skater of the Year for 2020 at the inaugural Asia Skateboarding Awards, with each receiving $1,500 (£1,000/€1,200)..
The event involved more than 250 nominations across six categories using video clips, with a final adjudication for Skater of the Year.
Entries were received from all over Asia, including Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, the Maldives, Afghanistan, Iran and Palestine.
Didal, a 21-year-old from Cebu in The Philippines, was chosen from an entry of 60 women skateboarders.
She won street gold at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, and won two titles at the Southeast Asian Games the Philippines hosted a year later.
Published February 13, 2021, 3:52 PM
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Margielyn Didal and two other Filipino skateboarders were shortlisted in their respective categories in the inaugural 2020 Asia Skateboarding Awards.
Didal was named in the Top 3 of the Fastest Feet and Creative Sole awards in the women’s category while Jerwin Santos and Motic Panugalinog took spots in the men’s play of the Creative Sole honor.
Didal joined Japanese skateboarders Momiki Nishiya and Nanaka Fujisawa in the Fastest Feet. Didal and Nishiya once again met in Creative Sole together with South Korea’s Arim Go.
Santos, Panugalinog, and another Japanese skateboarder in Kento Yoshioka led the Creative Sole in the men’s category.