Japan’s 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya won the women’s street skateboarding event with 15.26 to claim the first female skateboarding gold in the Olympics on Monday. Fellow 13-year-old Rayssa Leal of Brazil grabbed silver with 14.64 and Funa Nakayama of Japan clinched bronze with 14.49.
Gold – Nishiya Momiji, 13-year-old from Japan
Silver – Rayssa Leal, 13-year-old from Brazil
Bronze – Funa Nakayama, 16-year-old from Japan
Why are all the photos from #Skateboarding amazing! ? #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/PhBsuU5jZO
— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) July 26, 2021
Momiji Nishiya wins the first #gold in women’s #skateboarding.
She’s only 13. ? #Olympics #Tokyo2020
— ????? ??????? (@ayshardzn) July 26, 2021
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
13 year old nishiya momiji being the coolest at the olympics i love her ??pic.twitter.com/QhZOypzSTJ
— gabb ? (@tegomass) July 26, 2021
Congratulations ??Momiji Nishiya?? gold medal in #skateboarding at only 13 years old pic.twitter.com/wbHWFfOpt4
— Iruk (@IRUKLugo) July 26, 2021
Last March, Momiji Nishiya graduated from elementary school… pic.twitter.com/KxMnIsMsSC
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) July 25, 2021
?? HISTORY MADE ??
A day after Yuto Horigome won gold, it’s Nishiya Momiji’s turn to take the top prize.
She becomes the first woman Olympic champion in skateboarding, at just 13 years old.
??’s Rayssa Leal gets silver.
??’s Nakayama Funa gets bronze.#Tokyo2020 #JAPAN pic.twitter.com/YnBJ9k6qa7
— Lukas Weese (@Weesesports) July 26, 2021
Japan’s Nishiya Momiji is the first ever women’s Olympic #skateboarding gold medalist. Wins the street event. She’s 13!
2nd – Rayssa Leal from Brazil. Also 13!
3rd – Nakayuma Fuma. 16.Is this the youngest Olympic podium? #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/3N7A8ZKRK2
— amal john (@amaljohn123) July 26, 2021
Two 13 year olds : Nishiya Momiji takes the gold women’s street #skateboarding and Rayssa Leal takes the silver. Wow I feel so inadequate ?? #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/d7kbqvKA5R
— Hunter (@hunter_mufc) July 26, 2021