Skateboarding made its debut at the Olympics and many female athletes said they hope to be an inspiration to girls around the world. The three girls who won a medal are very young: Nishiya Momiji, gold Japan 13 years old, Rayssa Leal, silver Brazil, 13 years old and. Funa Nakayama, bronze, Japan, age 16.
“Girls can skateboard,” said Momiji while Leal stated that “there is no gender barrier in sports.”
Those are the ideas of those before them, like Leticia Bufoni, 28, Brazil, five X Games gold medalists and who missed the final here by one point. She said, “Convincing my father was harder than getting to the Olympics.”
It’s the same situation as when free-style disciplines were introduced into the classic world of skiing at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville. Even then it seemed a scandal0 to integrate these sports practiced by young people who lived outside the recognized rules and who were carriers of a different lifestyle.
So, may the first medals of change be welcomed.
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