2024 Olympics: Who is Coco Yoshizawa? Japanese skateboarding sensation wins gold medal

Teenagers were the best in the women’s Olympic skateboarding on Monday, with 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa of Japan winning gold.

Yoshizawa won with a score of 272.75, beating her 15-year-old compatriot Liz Akama and 16-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal.

In the men’s category, Japan’s Yuto Horigome managed to win two gold medals in the street skateboarding event at the Olympic Games.

With his fifth and final trick in Monday’s final, Horigome landed a near-perfect score of 97.08, edging out American pair Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston, who failed to score on their final attempt.