Skateboarding

In this Olympic Skate-a-rama chapter, Paco the Skateboard catches up with Philippines skateboarder Margie Didal. Margie shares her remarkable participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021, where she finished seventh in the Street skateboarding competition.

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Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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Olympic Skate-a-rama | Margie Didal

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Simone Biles - Olympics.com

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Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

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Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

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Margielyn Didal could never have imagined the future she would come to have when she stepped on a skateboard over 10 years ago.
Just 12 when she first tried riding after seeing skaters in the street for the first time, before that serendipitous moment, the young Filipina’s life was devoted

Margielyn Didal of Team Philippines 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.

Margielyn Didal pictured celebrating at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where skateboarding made its Olympic debut. 

How Margielyn Didal is shaping the future of skateboarding in the Philippines

Art has been embedded into the fabric of skateboarding ever since the sport’s inception.
From fine-art board graphics to fashion looks that have inspired waves of generations to dress in simiar styles, to video parts creatively edited to the beat of the music - individuality and artistry are two critical

Skateboarding | Olympic Qualifier | WST: Rome Street 

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The Art of Skateboarding: Body Art at WST Rome Street Skateboarding 2023

When skateboarding readied to make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 in 2021 a world watched captivated.
What will this new sport bring? They wondered.
80 athletes from across the park and street disciplines, ranging from 12 to 46 in age, braved the soaring Japanese sun and the judgment of

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One year on: How skateboarding's Olympic debut changed the Games

Margielyn Didal flashes a wicked grin as she flexes her bicep showing off the Olympic rings tattooed onto the inside of her right arm.
“I actually have to work with the muscle,” the Filipina skateboarder says to Olympics.com still laughing, “but it’s getting there.”
Smiling as she explains how she

Skateboarding | Olympic Qualifier | Pro Tour | Rome 

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 26:  Margielyn Didal of Team Philippines 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 Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Margie Didal

Filipina skateboarding star Margielyn Didal: “I’m just doing my thing” 

Number one ranked US skateboarder Mariah Duran, Filipina Margielyn Didal and Dutch star Roos Zwetsloot were among the Tokyo 2020 Olympians who booked their spots in the women’s quarterfinals at the World Street Skateboarding Championships in Rome, Italy on Wednesday (29 June).
WATCH: World Street Skateboarding Rome 2022 live on

World Street Skateboarding Rome 2022:  Mariah Duran and Margie Didal headline skateboarders through to women’s quarterfinals

The future is now.
In the inaugural Olympics street skateboarding competition, two of the youngest competitors at the Olympic Games won the gold and silver. The gold medallist, NISHIYA Momiji, wrote her name into the history books with a score of 15.26. Her final three runs (4.15, 4.66 and 3.43)

Skateboarding - Olympics: Day 3

13-year-old NISHIYA Momiji wins first-ever women's street skateboarding gold 

Pro street skateboarder Margielyn Didal is living a fairytale – the kind that can take you from the streets and land you in the Olympics.
The 22-year-old burst onto the international skateboarding scene with a 2018 gold at the Asian Games followed by two gold medals in the Southeast Asian

Margielyn Didal from the Philippines hopes to compete in next year's Tokyo 2020 Games.

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