Arisa Trew has won Olympic gold for Australia at the age of 14 with victory in the women’s skateboard park final at La Concorde
Australia’s Arisa Trew during the women’s park final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde.Australia’s Arisa Trew during the women’s park final at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde.Last year, Australia’s teenage skate sensation Arisa Trew became the first woman to land a 720, two full rotations while mid-air, in competition. In May, Trew continued her trajectory by becoming the first woman to land a 900, two and a half rotations.
The Australian won ahead of Japan’s Cocona Hiraki, who collected silver, and Great Britain’s Sky Brown of Team GB, who was third – a repeat of her bronze medal in Tokyo. The Australian had entered the Olympics in strong form, winning qualifying events in Shanghai and Budapest. But she looked somewhat shaky in the preliminaries earlier on Tuesday, only qualifying in sixth of eight. The pressure built when Trew came unstuck on her first run, a big opening 540 followed by a Madonna before she fell to the ground. An excellent first run from Hiraki, scored at 91.98, only added to the occasion.
Trew began with a bang: a McTwist 540 was followed by a body variable 540. She showed technical excellence and stylish movement throughout the run, ending with a noseblunt revert. The judges duly rewarded the run, with a score of 93.18 moving her into first. Trew was mobbed by her competitors in a show of touching comradery. The Australian then endured a nervous wait as the five remaining skaters had their last runs, but no-one could match Trew’s theatrics on the skateboard.
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