Australian skateboarder Keegan Palmer in the discipline park at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Skateboarding premiered in Tokyo under five circles and all three previous competitions were dominated by Japanese riders. In the men’s park, however, the only home representative, Ajumu Hirano, was eliminated in the semifinals.
Keegan Palmer is the inaugural men’s park #Skateboarding Olympic champion!
The #THE END skater scores a huge 95.83 in his final run to secure gold.@worldskatesb @AUSOlympicTeam pic.twitter.com/NrUgQCI387
— Olympics (@Olympics) August 5, 2021
Palmer won the gold, which received 95.83 points out of a possible 100 for his ride from the judges. Brazilian Pedro Barros finished second (81.4) and American Cory Juneau (84.13) was third.
| XXXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics: |
| Skateboarding: |
| Men – Park: |
| 1. Palmer (Austr.) 95,83 b. |
| 2. Clay (Braz.) 86.14 |
| 3. Juneau (USA) 84,13 |
| 4. Francisco (Braz.) 83.14 |
| 5. Woolley (Austr.) 82,04 |
| 6. Piniero (Portor.) 75,17 |
| 7. Matheron (Fr.) 42,33 |
| 8. Thursdays (Braz.) 38.47 |
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