PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan and Australia remain the only countries to have won Olympic titles in skateboarding after they backed up their strong showings in Tokyo with more dominance in Paris ...

Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

TOKYO — TOKYO - Sky Brown, a 13-year-old from Great Britain, prevented a Japanese sweep in women's park skateboarding. The self-taught skateboarder claimed the bronze medal in the Olympic event, ...

Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa won a gold medal in women’s street skateboarding on Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 14-year-old skater is the second youngest gold medal winner Olympic gold medalist for ...

TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UPI) --Japan, which arguably boasts the best skateboarders in the world, gets to show them off to home crowds this week during a World Skateboarding Tour stop in Kitakyushu City in the ...

Japan's Ayumu Hirano, two-time Olympic halfpipe snowboarding silver medalist, competed in the prelims of the men's park skateboarding contest in Tokyo on Thursday, finishing 14th. The 22-year-old ...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Mone Chiba of Japan held off American standout Isabeau Levito with a near-flawless free skate to win Skate Canada on Saturday night, while Deanna Stellato-Dudek and ...