practice meant getting rid of the death penalty. the major league baseball team in cleveland, ohio is changing its name from the indian to the guardians after criticism that the old term was disparaging towards native americans. the new name is a reference to the famous statues that guard traffic on one of the city s bridges. several local indigenous leaders have praised the move. back now to our top story, as the olympics begins its first full day in tokyo. one new sport for this games is skateboarding. there are two disciplines, park and street, and one of the oldest debutantes will be the american alexis sablone. at 3a years old, this street skater is a role model for many of the younger competitors. she s been talking to the bbc. music. when i started skating, i felt like it wasn t cool, you know? it was, like, punks and kids that didn t fit in. and the olympics does feel
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