🛹 Japan’s Yuto Horigome won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after the men’s street final on Sunday, finishing with a score of 37.18 🛹
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Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil won silver with a score of 36.15, and American Jagger Eaton won bronze with a score of 35.35. Pre-event favorite Nyjah Huston of the United States failed to medal in the event, finishing in seventh with a score of 26.10.
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Horigome’s victory marked the host’s third gold medal so far during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (📷 Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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