WST Rome Park World Championships 2023: Pedro Barros storms through men's quarter-finals in first
The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist punched his ticket to the semi-final of the World Championships in first place ahead of Nagahara Yuro, Tom Schaar and reigning title holder Jagger Eaton.
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Pedro Barros laid down an early marker of intent after qualifying in first at the close of the men's quarter-finals of WST Rome Park World Championships 2023 on Friday (6 October).
Energised by a lively afternoon crowd at The Spot Skatepark, the 28-year-old Brazilian skateboarder took the top spot with a score of 84.71 on his second run and held on as the rest of the field took their turn.
Qualifying in second, just behind the Tokyo 2020 silver medallist, was Asian Games 2023 men's park silver medallist Nagahara Yuro.
The Japanese maintained his form from open qualifiers putting down two 84-plus runs to book his place in the semi-finals of the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier, streaming live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com from Saturday 7 October.
Leading the five riders from the USA through to tomorrow's competition phase was Tom Schaar who took third with 84.11. Gavin Bottger finished in fifth, Jagger Eaton in ninth, JD Sanchez in 10th and Tate Carew in 13th.
WST Rome Park World Championships is doubling as an Olympic Qualifier with ranking points for the upcoming Games up for grabs in addition to the world titles.
The competition will continue today with the women’s quarter-finals beginning at 17:35 (UTC+2).
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WST Rome Park World Championships: Results and best run scores
Men’s Quarter-final - Friday 6 October
The top 16 progressed to the quarter-final
- Pedro Barros (BRA) - 84.71
- Nagahara Yuro (JPN) - 84.43
- Tom Schaar (USA) - 84.11
- Hampus Winberg (SWE) - 83.67
- Gavin Bottger (USA) - 80.85
- Alex Sorgente (ITA) - 80.81
- Pedro Carvalho (BRA) - 80.56
- Augusto Akio (BRA) - 78.46
- Jagger Eaton (USA) - 77.17
- JD Sanchez (USA) - 76.43
- Luigi Cini (BRA) - 76.32
- Alessandro Mazzara (ITA) - 76.00
- Tate Carew (USA) - 75.95
- Keefer Wilson (AUS) -75.90
- Steven Pineiro (PUR) - 75.83
- Danny Leon (ESP) - 74.79
- Liam Pace (USA) - 73.46
- Tyler Edtmayer (GER) - 73.29
- Peio Gonzalez (ESP) - 73.14
- Tommy Calvert (GBR) - 72.87
- Viktor Solmunde (DEN) - 70.43
- Elias Nilsen (NOR) - 68.02
- Egoitz Bijueska (ESP) - 67.34
- Thomas Augusto (POR) - 66.88
- Noe Montagard (FRA) - 66.44
- Andre Mariano (BRA) - 61.87
- Murilo Peres (BRA) - 61.78
- Yam Behar (ISR) - 59.33
- Raphael Ueda (USA) - 58.98
- Kalani Konig (BRA) - 55.66
- Pedro Quintas (BRA) - 47.50
- Jaime Mateu (ESP) - 9.96
How to watch WST Rome Park World Championships 2023 live?
Livestream coverage of WST Rome Park World Championships 2023 will be available worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and will begin with the semi-finals on Saturday 7 October and include the finals on Sunday 8 October.
You can find all the latest on your favourite skateboarders including news, interviews and updates from Rome on Olympics.com and the apps for mobile and connected TV devices.