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 grow to be the primary back-to-back gold medallist within the males’s park skateboarding occasion.
Palmer whipped by way of the concrete bowl in a gap run full of tips to seize the lead with a rating of 93.11, which might finally show sufficient as Schaar was unable to remain connected to his board in his ultimate run.
Brazil’s Augusto Akio edged countryman Pedro Barros to take bronze.
With the title secured earlier than his ultimate 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 fulfill Palmer on the soar field in the midst of the bowl and lifted the 21-year-old up on their shoulders in an incredible 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 ultimate.
He received the preliminaries earlier within the day together with his blistering velocity, big air and full management and didn’t let up within the ultimate at La Concorde.
Palmer’s triumph adopted 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew successful the ladies’s park occasion on Tuesday.
–Reuters, Particular to Subject Stage Media
