Skateboarding: Japan women sweep podium at Paris Olympic qualifier

Funa Nakayama led an all-Japanese podium sweep in the women's event at the World Street Skateboarding Pro Tour leg in Rome on Sunday, with Momoji Nishiya and Yumeka Oda filling the other two places.It was the first major international victory for the 17-year-old Nakayama, the bronze winner at the Tokyo Olympics, who totaled 264.13 points. Tokyo gold medalist Nishiya finished second with a combined score of 255.64 points, followed by Oda who had 254.91 points."I was really nervous. I panicked when I made mistakes on my first two tricks. But I landed a big trick and that was memorable. I want…READ FULL ARTICLE