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Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, Becomes First Women's Olympic Skateboard Champion

She's 13 years old. She's a skateboarder. And she's an Olympic gold medalist.

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The Tokyo Olympic games is seeing excellent stories of women who have broken many barriers to get to the top. One such story is of Japan's Momiji Nishiya, the thirteen year old who became the first women's Olympic Skateboard Champion. She is one of the youngest persons to win in history of Olympics and definitely the youngest medalists out of Japan. Momiji Nishiya Wiki
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Skateboarding is among the 4 sports marking their debut in Tokyo, along with surfing, sport climbing and karate as part of an attempt to bring Olympics to younger audiences.

  • She won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday.
  • She's 13 years old. She's a skateboarder. And she's an Olympic gold medalist.
  • Four of the eight women in the street final were 16 or under at the Olympics skateboarding championship.
  • A historic first on home soil as the young Japanese won in Tokyo.
  • Momiji Nishiya picked the Gold, while Rayssa Leal took home Silver in the women’s street finals.
  • Nishiya's fans on Twitter said, "13 year old nishiya momiji being the coolest at the olympics i love her."
  • With her Gold, Momiji Nishiya became Japan's youngest ever medalist.

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