Paris 2024 skateboarding: Australian sensation Arisa Trew clinches women’s park skateboarding gold on third run
Australian phenom Arisa Trew produced a near-perfect third-run score to claim the women's park skateboarding gold medal at Paris 2024 on Tuesday (6 August).
The 14-year-old relegated Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Hiraki Cocona of Japan from first place into second place in the standings after dropping into the bowl for the third and final time.
Trew, wearing her trademark pink helmet, beamed as the winning score of 93.18 flashed onto the scoreboard before making a heart shape with her hands.
World No.1 Cocona had to be content with the silver medal courtesy of her third-run score of 92.63, which pushed Sky Brown (92.31) of Great Britain back into bronze after a brief stay in second position for a repeat of their 2-3 podium finish from three years ago.
Trew fell on her first run but made up for the slip-up on the second, moving into third place with a score of 90.11 heading into the deciding run.
She then added a sprinkling of magic on her third attempt, producing an arsenal of tricks including 540s to send her to the top. Brown then improved her score for a brief stay in second position before Hiraki settled the podium positions with her run.
Trew came into Paris 2024 among the favourites after winning the Olympic Qualifier Series events in Shanghai and Budapest.
She announced herself on the global scene in 2023 becoming the first female athlete to land a 720 trick – which includes two mid-air rotations – in a competition when she was just 13. Trew added to her growing legend this year when she landed the first-ever female 900 which consists of two-and-a-half rotations.
Paris 2024: Women’s park skateboarding podium
Gold: Arisa Trew (AUS)
Silver: Hiraki Cocona (JPN)
Bronze: Sky Brown (GBR)