{"id":2332,"date":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-583903-1890774.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","slug":"the-olympics-has-added-a-skateboarding-event-and-two-12-year-old-girls-are-qualified-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/2021\/07\/07\/the-olympics-has-added-a-skateboarding-event-and-two-12-year-old-girls-are-qualified-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympics has Added a Skateboarding Event and Two 12-Year-Old Girls Are Qualified to Compete"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two 12-year-old girls are headed to Tokyo this summer to compete in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two skateboard phenoms are Kokona Hiraki, who will be skating for Japan, and Sky Brown, who will represent Great Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Skateboarding is making its debut as an Olympic sport, and will feature two different disciplines: park, which involves doing tricks on skate park-style ramps and bowls; and street, which involves tricks done on handrails, benches, stairs, walls, and slopes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hiraki will compete as the youngest-ever athlete from Japan, and ranks as the sixth-best<\/strong><\/a> female park skateboarding competitor in the world. Brown currently ranks as third-best.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview with The Japan Times<\/strong><\/a>, Hiraki said she didn\u2019t let nerves get the best of her at the qualifier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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