skateboarding

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• The 2020 Tokyo Games introduced viewers to skateboarding, surfing and climbing — new Olympic sports that have become fan favorites.

• Thirteen-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Team Japan won the first-ever gold medal in women’s street skateboarding.

• Momiji Nishiya, 13, who earlier won the street skateboarding discipline, became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.

• Every Olympic skateboarding event has been a hug-fest, and Thursday was no different.

• To learn more about some of the other new sports at this year’s Olympic Games, check out our “How To Watch” videos on skateboarding and surfing.

• There are photos of what looks like a scruffy Californian kid in a T-shirt, taking a break from skateboarding.

• Skateboarding is not a crime—though skateboarding on subway platforms is probably frowned upon.

• Last month, a fatal skateboarding incident shocked everyone.

• As he grew older he was more interested in skateboarding, drinking, and girls than college.