The three athletes on the Olympic podium for women's street skateboarding have a combined age of 42
Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo When the three athletes on an Olympic podium have a combined age of 42, you know -- in the words of English rock band The Who -- that the kids are alright.
That was the case as women's street skateboarding made its bow at the Olympics, with 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan taking gold ahead of Brazil's Rayssa Leal -- also 13 -- and 16-year-old Funa Nakayama, also from Japan. If organizers wanted to engage a younger audience by adding skateboarding to the Olympic program, then it was mission accomplished at Tokyo's Ariake Urban Sports Park.
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