Olympics: Japan's Yoshizawa, Akama win street skateboard gold, silver

Coco Yoshizawa won gold and Liz Akama silver as Japan continued its domination of Olympic women's street skateboarding at the Paris Games on Sunday.Having topped qualifying for the eight-woman medal round, the 14-year-old Yoshizawa once again came up big as she outdueled 15-year-old compatriot Akama at the picturesque La Concorde urban sports complex in central Paris.The result kept the gold medal in Japanese hands after Momiji Nishiya won the women's street crown when skateboarding made its Olympic debut three years ago at the Tokyo Games.Yoshizawa, who took up skateboarding at age 7, tota…READ FULL ARTICLE