WST Lausanne Street 2023: Olympic champ Nishiya Momiji takes women's title - Final results

Nishiya Momiji took victory in the women's final at WST Lausanne Street 2023 on Saturday (16 September) to earn maximum points in the latest Paris 2024 qualifying event.

Despite sporting a brace on her right wrist after injuring herself in the warm-up, Rayssa Leal easily had the best showing on the first run effort with a 74.56.

But Japanese skateboarder Nishiya raised the bar with a crook nollie heelflip midway through her second run and a backside lip slide just before time expired, earning the Olympic champion a huge mark of 88.91.

Nakayama Funa was third after the run section and gave her podium hopes a boost with a backside overcrook on her first trick attempt to post an 88.88.

But she hurt her left wrist on her second trick and was unable to attempt anything difficult for the rest of the competition.

Oda Yumeka hit an overcrook of her own first up to score 88.11 and moved into contention.

Yoshizawa Coco had two 80+ tricks on her first two attempts to move up the leaderboard, but Momiji went 80+ to leave her in charge.

Then Oda hit a spectacular kickflip frontside feeble at the first time of asking for a massive 95.25, the highest score of the weekend, to take her total to an imposing 249.77.

After two falls, Leal showed her prowess under pressure with an 88.89 to move back into the medal mix.

Heyn put herself in the podium shake-up with a switch 50-50 for a 91.15 having already scored 87.89 in the trick section.

After falls on her third and fourth attempts, the pressure was on Nishiya to hit her board slide with her final try. And she nailed it for a mark of 86.91 and a winning total of 259.81.

Leal was the last to go and needed a good trick to make the podium. But the Brazilian star could not quite make the landing and had to settle for seventh place.

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Nishiya Momiji: "I told myself I'm going to win"

Speaking to Olympics.com after, the Olympic champ was all smiles after taking her first win at a Paris 2024 qualifying event.

"Before this contest, I told myself I'm going to win this," the resolute 15-year-old told Olympics.com after her victory, "and I did it."

Putting maximum pressure on herself going into the final trick, the Japanese said it was the support of those closest to her that gave her the necessary thrust to claim the victory.

"I was able to pull the final because my family, coaches and the many people who kept encouraging me until the end," she continued. "I really appreciated it."

Joining Nishiya on the podium, Oda was also a skater delighted with her result.

But the hungry skater reflected that she still had work to do ahead of the upcoming World Championships in Japan.

"I'm happy to finish in second place here in Switzerland, but my run part wasn't great so I want to improve on that," she told Olympics.com.

"I know I can win if I’m able to have a good run part and land tricks that I want to, such as the kickflip frontside feeble. But this time, the run part didn’t go well.

"There are no mistakes but the level of my run part is not as high as others, so I want to improve and show better performance at the next stop in Japan."

Heyn, stepping on her first Olympic qualifier podium, spoke about the emotions that struck her as her third-place finish was confirmed.

"I was so excited I cried when I found out. I am so happy right now," the 15-year-old told Olympics.com. "Getting a podium definitely makes me feel better about the upcoming contests and I just can't wait to keep skating with all these girls."

Heyn's ability to skate switch proved instrumental to her success with the American the only one showing off that skill and she was particularly pleased with the strategy.

"I knew they were going to score going because no one else is doing them but they are scary and I am happy to land them and get third."

WST Lausanne Street 2023: Women's final results

Women's final results - Saturday 16 September

How to watch WST Lausanne Street 2023 action?

Replays WST Lausanne Street action is available worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com including the finals on Saturday 16 September.

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