Olympics-Skateboarding-Winners and rivals share hugs and tears in skate contest

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By Zinifer in Sports
Updated 3 years ago

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Misugu Okamoto, a 15-year old skateboarder from central Japan, had gone into Wednesday's park finals in top position, only to miss the landing of an important trick, which slid her to fourth place. A dejected Okamoto crumbled into a heap at the bottom of the bowl, putting her helmeted head into her small hands.

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