Skateboarding “fairy” Raissa Leal could break another record at the Paris 2024 Olympics. After being the youngest medalist for Brazil at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, if the Brazilian confirms her preference and climbs to the top spot on the podium, she will become the youngest athlete in the history of the Games to win an Olympic gold medal for Brazil.
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Silver at Tokyo 2020, Raissa Leal already holds the title of the youngest athlete to win a medal for Brazil, at the age of 13. According to the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), the record was previously held by Rosangela Santos, who won the bronze at Beijing 2008 in the 4x100m athletics event at the age of 17.
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Momiji Nishiya, the Japanese who won the first women’s street skateboarding gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has not qualified for Paris 2024. That already leaves a strong contender to take the gold medal from Raisa Leal out of contention.
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Moreover, the skater won the gold medal and beat her main rivals – Japanese and Australian Chloe Covel – in the last two major street skating competitions: the San Diego (USA) stage of the Street League and the China stage of the World Circuit.
Also this season, Risa Leal took silver at the Paris stage of the Street League and finished 8th at the UAE stage of the World Circuit. At this year’s World Championships, she took gold (in January) and silver (in December). She was the champion of the Super Crown, the final of the Street League, in Sao Paulo. She ended 2023 as the most consistent athlete on street skating.
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*Leah Capella is a trainee under Diogo Masanero.
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