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Simone Manuel and Natalie Hinds of the U.S. after the race.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
TOKYO The United States, with Simone Manuel swimming the anchor leg, won the bronze medal in the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Sunday.
Australia, the heavy favorite, won gold with a time of 3:29.69, and Canada took the silver. The Americans finished in 3:32.81.
Manuel was making her first appearance at the Tokyo Games, and much earlier than some had expected. She did not swim in the semifinal on Saturday and will not swim again until the individual 50-meter freestyle this weekend.
TOKYO Skaters made their historic debut on the Olympic stage early Sunday, with men s street heats kicking off the sport s four-day competition under Tokyo s blazing sun.
The inaugural event marks a turning point for skateboarding, which has its roots in youth street culture and has influenced everything from art to fashion.
The men s street competition on Sunday will be a star-studded affair, with who s who of international skating competing.
Jagger Eaton of the United States came first in the inaugural heat of the day, raking in 35.07 points ahead of France s Vincent Milou.
Eaton said it was tough to skate without the support of a packed crowd and used his Airpods to get into the zone. Most venues at the Tokyo Olympics will be without spectators as Japan tries to rein in an upsurge in COVID-19 cases.
Olympics-Skateboarding-Huston, Horigome advance to finals in skateboarding’s debut
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Skateboarding Training Session - Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Nyjah Huston of the United States in action during training REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
July 25, 2021
By Mari Saito
TOKYO (Reuters) -Skateboarding star Nyjah Huston of the United States and hometown favourite Yuto Horigome advanced to the finals of the men’s street event on Sunday in skateboarding’s historic debut at the Olympics.
Huston, 26, recovered his form in the final two tricks after a stumbling start in his heat, a star-studded pack that included France’s Aurelien Giraud.
The Aerials, Slides And Wipeouts Of Skateboarding s First Olympics
The men s street competition began Saturday, and photographers captured every grinding moment of it.
Skateboarders have their first-ever chance for an Olympic gold.
The men’s street competition began Saturday, giving audiences their first taste of the rebel “anti-sport” on the global athletics stage. Women’s street begins Sunday, and the park competition for women and men debuts August 3 and 4.
Two of the Olympic’s youngest stars will participate in park Great Britain’s 13-year-old Sky Brown and Kokona Hiraki of Japan, who is 12.
The street course was created to model real-world obstacles like stair cases and railings. The park course has the giant bowls and half-pipes seen in skateparks. Check out these incredible images of Olympic Street Skateboarding’s debut.