THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 4, 2021 at 18:05 JST
Gold medalist, center, Sakura Yosozumi, silver medalist Kokona Hiraki, left, and bronze medalist, Sky Brown of Britain celebrate after the women’s park skateboarding finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
Sakura Yosozumi claimed the very first Olympic women’s park skateboarding event on Aug. 4, which was made possible with the help of a kindly hometown sake brewer. [Read More]
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