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Hailing from Toyama City, Funa Nakayama has quickly risen through the skateboarding ranks. At just 18, she's competed in top contests worldwide, earning accolades, including a bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Follow Funa's journey of hard work, skill, and dedication as she breaks new ground in skateboarding.

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Funa Nakayama: The Groundbreaker | skate-hers

Just days after Helina Solomon had mastered control and balance on the board, she found herself on similarly uneven ground.
At a skatepark, her first main obstacle was not the high ramps but her safety.
Her passion for skateboarding was questioned and she became a target of personal and sexual

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Chloe Covell can’t undo the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
So she moves forward, towards LA28, and took her first steps towards those next Olympics with some noise on Saturday (21 September) in Japan.
Covell won the women's street skateboarding final at X Games Chiba 2024, beating out six of her

Two-time X Games women's street skateboarding gold medallist Chloe Covell

X Games Chiba 2024: Chloe Covell holds off Japanese assault to win second gold

Arisa Trew’s season of success continued on Friday (20 September) as the Olympic champion qualified first for the women’s park skateboarding final at X Games Chiba 2024.
Trew’s first run of 85.66 was good enough to fling the Australian to the top of the leaderboard, over Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Australia's Arisa Trew

X Games Chiba 2024: Arisa Trew progresses first for women's park final

Chloe Covell took her first steps to wash away a tearful Paris 2024 Olympic Games by qualifying top for the women’s street skateboarding final at X Games Chiba 2024 on Friday (20 September).
Covell was distant from the podium at her first Games, finishing last out of the eight finalists

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Chloe Covell of Team Australia competes at round one during the Women's Street Prelims on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

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Chloe Covell leads after X Games women's street elimination

Skateboarding continues to feed the beast with yet another world-class contest this weekend as the X Games returns to Japan for a third consecutive year.
Only a month after the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and with the World Skate Games Italia 2024 also wrapping up this week, X Games Chiba

Paris 2024 Olympic women's street skateboarding gold medallist, Yoshizawa Coco

X Games Chiba 2024: Preview, schedule and how to watch live

After dazzling on debut, women’s street skateboarding will once more command the Olympic arena at Paris 2024 on Sunday 28 July.
Three years ago, at Tokyo 2020 in 2021, a teen takeover was declared after three women under the age of 17 and two under 14 stepped onto the street

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

Rayssa Leal BRA competes in the Women's Skateboarding Street Prelims in the Urban Park at the Huangpu Riverside. The Olympic Qualifier Series, Shanghai, China. Friday 17 May 2024. Photo: OIS/Kieran Cleeves. Handout image supplied by OIS/IOC

Rayssa Leal BRA competes in the Women's Skateboarding Street Prelims in the Urban Park at the Huangpu Riverside

Skateboarding: Women’s street preview

There’s no shortage of teenagers competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Nearly every event, from athletics and swimming, to skateboarding and table tennis will offer up a welcome dose of teen spirit.
These young athletes have the dedication and commitment to not just qualify for the Games, but to

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Meet 10 of the top teens competing at Paris 2024

When the 460 or so athletes involved in the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) stage in Budapest compete in the Hungarian capital from 20-23 June, one thing will be at the forefront of their minds: obtaining a Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying quota spot*.
The process is two-, and sometimes three-, fold:

Olympic Qualifier Series 2024 | Budapest

Horigome Yuto and Charlotte Worthington need to register strong results at OQS Budapest.

OQS Budapest 2024 the ultimate stage: The pressure is on for Horigome, Worthington, and others

Olympic Channel’s newest original series Skate-hers takes you on an exciting trip around the world with seven amazing female skateboarders.
The series features seven episodes, each focusing on an athlete working at a different level of the sport, including Chloe Covell, Christiana Means, Lucy Osinski, Nakayama Funa, Pamela Rosa, Paige

Olympic Channel launches new seven-episode series "Skate-hers", following seven female skateboarders around the world who are inspiring a new generation in the sport

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'Too close to call' doesn’t even begin to describe how intense the competition has become for the Japanese street skateboarders.
After a heated four days at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai two weeks ago, what was already a tight competition for places at Paris 2024 just got tighter in

Japanese 14-year-old Onodera Ginwoo

Olympic Qualifier Series: No easy way out from Budapest to Paris for Japan's skateboarders

At Tokyo 2020 where skateboarding made its Olympic Games debut, Japan won three of the four disciplines in street and park combined, taking full advantage of being at home.
The Japanese onslaught on wheels virtually hasn’t stopped since. At the most recent world championships last year, they swept the men’s

Girls just want to have fun: From left, Japanese street skaters Nishiya Momiji, Nakayama Funa and Oda Yumeka.

Timing is everything: How Japan came to dominate skateboarding like no other 

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Tokyo 2020

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  (L-R) Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil and Momiji Nishiya and Funa Nakayama of Team Japan pose with their medals during the Women's Street Final medal ceremony  on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Momiji Nishiya of Team Japan celebrates during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil reacts while competing during the Women's Street Prelims Heat 4 on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil holds her skateboard during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Funa Nakayama of Team Japan smiles while competing during the Women's Street Prelims Heat 3 on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Momiji Nishiya of Team Japan competes during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Funa Nakayama of Team Japan competes during the Women's Street Prelims Heat 3 on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil competes during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Funa Nakayama of Team Japan competes during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  (L-R) Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil and Momiji Nishiya and Funa Nakayama of Team Japan pose with their medals during the Women's Street Final medal ceremony on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Young stars create history on skateboarding Olympic debut

The Women's Skateboarding Street Final with Coco Yoshizawa (JPN), Liz Akama (JPN) and Rayssa Leal (BRA) at La Concorde 3, France, on 28/07/24. Coco Yoshizawa (JPN) won Gold with a total score of 272.75. Liz Akama (JPN) won the Silver Medal and Rayssa Leal (BRA) won the Bronze Medal.

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Women's Street Finals | Skateboarding | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Women's Skateboarding Street Preliminaries took place on La Concorde 3, France, 28/07/24. Poe Pinson (USA), Rayssa Leal (BRA), Paige Heyn (USA), Funa Nakayama (JPN), Chloe Covell (AUS), Cui Chenxi (CHN), Liz Akama (JPN), and Coco Yoshizawa (JPN) qualified for the finals.

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Women's Street Preliminaries | Skateboarding | Olympic Games Paris 2024

Nakayama averaged 90 across her two trick scores to triumph in the first Olympic qualifying event for Paris 2024. Japanese skaters filled the first four spots with Rayssa Leal fifth.

Skateboarding | Olympic Qualifier | Pro Tour | Rome 

Highlights

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Women's final highlights: Nakayama Funa caps dominant week with World Street Skateboard Rome victory from Nishiya Momiji and Oda Yumeka

Nakayama looks to be the woman to beat in the Italian capital at the 2022 World Street Skateboarding event, the first Olympic qualifying event for Paris 2024 in the urban sport. She will lead five Japanese competitors in the final, with Leal finishing second in the semi-finals.

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Women's semi-final highlights: Nakayama Funa on top again as Rayssa Leal, Nishiya Momiji and 12-year-old Chloe Covell make the final

See how the biggest names in women's street skateboarding made the semi-finals in the Italian capital. Nishimura Aori was a late withdrawal from the first qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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