Japan’s Yuto Horigome Is the New King of Skateboarding After Winning the Sport’s First Olympic Gold Medal

Skateboarding has a new king, and Japan has another fine reason to cheer these troubled Olympics. Yuto Horigome, 22, who served notice that he was a threat by winning at the Street Skateboarding World Championships in June, earned the sport’s first Olympic gold medal in the sweaty heat on Sunday at Tokyo’s Ariake Urban Park.

Source: https://time.com/6083602/horigome-yuto-skateboarding-gold/