2020 Olympics Skateboarding Team Australia Women S
So in light of the lack of information surrounding olympic skateboarding and more specifically australia s involvement we had a chat with chris middlebrook who is teeing things up for the australian olympic team.
2020 olympics skateboarding team australia women s. The 2020 tokyo olympic games will feature male and female skateboarders in two disciplines. Park street disciplines. And it is just around the corner. Tokyo 2020 is the first time skateboarding will be included in the olympic programme.
The olympic competition will be split into two distinct contests. Skateboard street july 24 25 2020 and skateboard park august 4 5 2020. The competition will be held at the ariake urban sports park. For now we know that there will be two disciplines involved in this sport park and street and each discipline will include both men and women events.
It s the first time skateboarding will feature in the games as the international olympic committee. Tokyo 2020 will venture into uncharted territory by featuring four new olympic sports which although you may know little about offer medal opportunities to a new wave of australian sporting stars. If you re wondering which disciplines will be represented at tokyo 2020 wonder no longer. 3 from the world championships 16 from world rankings and 1 from the host japan.
There are 80 quota spots available for skateboarding at the 2020 summer olympics each noc can obtain a maximum of 3 spots in each event total 12 maximum across the 4 events. A total of 80 athletes from around the world the top 20 qualifying participants for each gender discipline will compete in skateboarding at the olympics. Elite and amateur skateboarding competitions are regularly held across the globe while top national competitions include the australian bowl riding championships wolves of street and bowl a rama. The skateboarding sport 100 is one of the 2020 tokyo olympic games.
Love it or loathe it skateboarding is in the olympics. Each event will have 20 competitors qualify. The street skateboarding competitions will be held on 26 and 27 july 2020 and the park skateboarding competitions will be held on 5 and 6 august 2020. Skateboarding will make its olympic debut in tokyo 2020.