Aug 7, 2024; Paris, France; Keegan Palmer (AUS) competes in menís park preliminaries through the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at La Concorde 4. Necessary Credit score: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports activities PARIS — Australia’s Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar on the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Video games and turn out to be the primary back-to-back gold medallist within the males’s park skateboarding occasion.
Palmer whipped by way of the concrete bowl in a gap run filled with tips to seize the lead with a rating of 93.11, which might in the end show sufficient as Schaar was unable to remain connected to his board in his last run.
Brazil’s Augusto Akio edged countryman Pedro Barros to take bronze.
With the title secured earlier than his last run, Palmer took a victory lap in entrance of the boisterous crowd, which included skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and rapper Snoop Dogg.
Barros and American Tate Carew skated out to fulfill Palmer on the bounce field in the course of the bowl and lifted the 21-year-old up on their shoulders in an important present of sportsmanship.
Three years in the past, Palmer got here out of nowhere to dominate the inaugural park competitors in Tokyo however was a favourite coming into Wednesday’s last.
He gained the preliminaries earlier within the day together with his blistering velocity, big air and full management and didn’t let up within the last at La Concorde.
Palmer’s triumph adopted 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew successful the ladies’s park occasion on Tuesday.
–Reuters, Particular to Area Degree Media
