At just 13 years old, Japan's Momiji Nishiya skated into history Sunday night by winning the first-ever women’s Olympic street skateboarding event in Tokyo.
Nishiya helped the host nation sweep both the street competitions after Yuto Horigome won gold in the men's event the previous day.
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Brazil's Rayssa Leal and Japan's Funa Nakayama took silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's event.
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American Alexis Sablone finished fourth after scoring 13.57 points.
Sablone, a seven-time X Games medalist (winning in 2015, 2012 and 2010), grew up in Connecticut and started skateboarding at 10.
She has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Columbia and took a hiatus from contests to pursue a master's degree at MIT.
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Fellow Americans Mariah Duran and Alana Smith had solid showings in the preliminary round before missing the cut for the final.