Naia Laso leads the way as 32 park skateboarders advance to quarter-finals
The 15-year-old Spaniard topped open qualifying as the park world championship event got underway at The Spot skatepark in Ostia, Rome.
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Naia Laso laid down an early marker of intent as she led a party of 32 qualifiers into the women's park skateboarding quarter-finals at the World Skate Games Italia 2024 on Wednesday (18 September).
With defending world champion Hiraki Cocona and Olympic medallists Sky Brown and Arisa Trew choosing not to skate at the contest in Rome, the opportunity to step up is available to those competing at The Spot skatepark in Ostia.
Fifteen-year-old Laso, a Paris 2024 Olympic finalist, certainly didn't wait for the invitation: putting down an 82.00 on her opening run before upgrading it to 83.08 on her second to finish first out of the 49 skaters in action.
Coming in just behind the Spaniard were fellow Olympians Raicca Ventura (81.08) and Kusaki Hinano (77.14).
The Brazilian and Japanese skaters were both one of several from their respective countries to book their place in the next round of the world championship event.
Ventura was joined by five compatriots including Yndiara Asp, Dora Varella, Sofia Godoy, Fernanda Tonissi and 12-year-old Helena Laurino.
Kusaki, meanwhile, will be accompanied by the newly minted world vert silver medallist Hasegawa Mizuho, Sugawara Mei and Kaihara Asahi.
The women's park contest will continue on Friday with the quarter-finals. Before then, the men will drop in for an open qualifier on Thursday.
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World Skate Games Italia 2024: Women's park skateboarding open qualifier
The top 32 advanced to the quarter-finals.
Best run score in two attempts.
- Naia Laso (ESP) - 83.08
- Raicca Ventura (BRA) - 81.08
- Kusaki Hinano (JPN) - 77.14
- Yndiara Asp (BRA) - 76.21
- Jordan Santana (USA) - 72.11
- Julie Bendetti (ESP) - 64.64
- Lin Yi-fan (TPE) - 61.42
- Hasegawa Mizuho (JPN) - 61.00
- Sugawara Mei (JPN) - 60.22
- Li Yujuan (CHN) - 58.90
- Lilly Strachan (GBR) - 58.00
- Lola Tambling (GBR) - 57.55
- Kaihara Asahi (JPN) - 57.10
- Sofia Godoy (BRA) - 53.13
- Mazel Paris (PHI) - 50.54
- Fernada Tonissi (BRA) - 50.00
- Gadea Moja (ESP) - 49.17
- Helena Laurino (BRA) - 48.52
- Ceci Rendueles (ESP) - 47.14
- Charlotte Heath (AUS) - 46.80
- Fay Ebert (CAN) - 46.70
- Maja Spatscheck (NOR) - 46.52
- Dora Varella (BRA) - 46.46
- Coco Crafter (AUS) - 46.42
- Katelyn West (USA) - 46.00
- Joey Yarbrough (USA) - 45.54
- Aaliyah Wilson (AUS) - 45.20
- Lucrezia Zarattini (ITA) - 44.17
- Selma Pettersen (NOR) - 43.17
- Nana Taboulet (FRA) - 42.60
- Svea Paus (SWE) - 41.92
- Tereza Havlikova (CZE) - 36.77
- Greta Samaritani (ITA) - 36.27
- Josefina Tapia (CHI) - 35.80
- Hedda Hjertberg (SWE) - 35.50
- Domenica Rios Silva (PER) - 35.35
- Nico Russi (COL) - 34.92
- Alisa Fessl (AUT) - 34.60
- Caitlin Cox (GBR) - 34.15
- Nina Aguilar (MEX) - 30.07
- Zheng Haohao (CHN) - 29.40
- Brigitte Morales (PER) - 28.40
- Lou Escobar (COL) - 23.00
- Anna Sedlarova (CZE) - 21.40
- Hegoa Zabalburu (ESP) - 20.14
- Ania Michel (MEX) - 14.76
- Lucia Fiorenza (ITA) - 10.83
- Marianna Panagiotaki (GRE) - 8.67
- Dhruvi Lakhotia (IND) - 5.00
How to watch park skateboarding at World Skate Games Italia 2024
The semi-finals and finals of the park skateboarding event at the World Skate Games Italia 2024 will be available to stream live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app for mobile devices.
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