PARIS — Australia’s Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar on the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Video games and turn into the primary back-to-back gold medallist within the males’s park skateboarding occasion.
Palmer whipped by means of the concrete bowl in a gap run filled with methods to seize the lead with a rating of 93.11, which might in the end show sufficient as Schaar was unable to remain hooked up to his board in his remaining run.
Brazil’s Augusto Akio edged countryman Pedro Barros to take bronze.
With the title secured earlier than his remaining run, Palmer took a victory lap in entrance of the boisterous crowd, which included skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and rapper Snoop Dogg.
Barros and American Tate Carew skated out to satisfy Palmer on the soar field in the course of the bowl and lifted the 21-year-old up on their shoulders in an important present of sportsmanship.
Three years in the past, Palmer got here out of nowhere to dominate the inaugural park competitors in Tokyo however was a favourite coming into Wednesday’s remaining.
He gained the preliminaries earlier within the day together with his blistering velocity, large air and full management and didn’t let up within the remaining at La Concorde.
Palmer’s triumph adopted 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew profitable the ladies’s park occasion on Tuesday.
–Reuters, Particular to Area Stage Media
