Yuto Horigome Wins Gold in First-Ever Street Skateboarding Olympics Event

Yuto Horigome has just brought home gold for Japan in the inaugural Men's Street Skateboarding Olympic competition in Tokyo.Facing seasoned competitors like Team USA's four-time world champion Nyjah Huston, and Brazil's X Games gold medalist Kelvin Hoefler, the 22-year-old Yuto Horigome sealed his number one position with a nollie backside 270 which scored him a 9.50. "I couldn't miss the fourth trick so I put everything I believed and worked for into that trick," Horigome said. "It felt signifi...