Snow sports enthusiasts are in heaven! Skateboarding is part of the program for the Paris 2024 Games for the second time in Olympic history! So what is his story? What are the rules of this sport? What are our chances of French medals? Where do the skate events take place? We tell you everything about skateboarding at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ultra trendy in the 90s then 2000 and made popular thanks in particular to Jay Adams, Rodney Mullen without forgetting the legend Tony Hawkskateboarding is very present in I of Paris 2024. Announced as one of the four additional sports offered by Paris 2024 – alongside breaking, climbing and surfing, skate made a name for himself for the very first time at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, as “ new sport “. In 2024, the skateboard is therefore coming back in force to the delight of board sports lovers.
Skateboarding, its history
Considered a relatively young sportit was during the 1950s that the skateboard is developing in the United States, and more specifically in California. The board – under which two axles (the trucks) are attached to hold two wheels – was initially used as moving means. Over time, it will become a trendy object and a sport for performing acrobatic figures. Thus, the very first skateboarding competition took place in California in 1963. The same year, the skate is appearing in Europe and in France in particular. The first competition in the country was organized in 1965. Often associated with the alternative underground movement of the 1980s, skateboarding brought together its enthusiasts around the values of freedom and rebellion.
Skateboarding at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
This summer, the famous skateboarding events take place in two stages: July 27 and 28, 2024place for the tests of Streetfollowed by Park THE August 6 and 7. In these two disciplines, the events are held on the legendary Place de la Concorde in Paris, “in a real temporary open stadium“, specifies the Paris 2024 Olympics website.
Skateboarding in the history of the Olympics
After making his debut at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in 2014, the skateboard truly made its debut as “ new sport » at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. This year, for its second participation in the Olympic Games, the skate is therefore one of the four additional sports offered by Paris 2024.
Skateboarding at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, its rules
First of all, you should know that two flagship disciplines constitute skateboarding: the Park and the Street. In the first, the athletes aim to achieve in a park (or bowl) a series of aerial figures. The curves of this park allow athletes to gain speed and thus perform sequences of acrobatic figures. Note that each rider has three passages of forty-five seconds to show what he is capable of. The best passage is retained to define the final ranking.
THE criteria allowing athletes to score the most points are notably the amplitude, reception and diversity of each figure, but also the technique and originality. The skaters’ ability to use the entire surface is also assessed.
In the second discipline, the Streetriders must achieve the most beautiful tricks (or figures) all in a street furniture setting, including stairs, ramps and rails. To decide between them, the jury examines in particular the figures performed by the athletes, but also their ability to master their board. Skaters have two runs of forty-five seconds to make the difference and must complete five figures.
Skateboarding at the 2024 Paris Olympics, athletes in France
For these Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesseveral French athletes should be followed closely, including Aurélien Giraud (street) and Vincent Snowy (street), who could well come away with a medal. We also don’t forget Madeleine Larcheron (park), Charlotte Hym (street) as well as the Marseillais Vincent Matheron (park).
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