Tokyo Olympics 2020 Skateboarding

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Yuto Horigome crowned first skateboarding Olympic champion

In searing heat at Ariake Urban Sports Centre, Horigome finished with scores of 9.35, 9.50 and 9.30 for a total of 37.18, with Brazil's Kelvin Hoefler second and US skater Jagger Eaton third.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Naomi Osaka makes much-anticipated return, Simone Biles targets Olympic history

Australian Open champion Osaka has not played since May, when she walked out of Roland Garros saying that media commitments were harming her mental health.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Skateboarding to sport climbing, a look at sports that will make their Games debut

Firstpost.com takes a look at the four sports — sport climbing, skateboarding, surfing and karate — that will make their debut at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Taking skateboarding to the streets? Not in Japan

Skateboarding is disruptive, noisy, messy. That is the main reason it has, for decades, been relegated to the unkempt shadows of Japanese society — far more hidden and distrusted than in other places around the globe.