{"id":82991,"date":"2024-08-07T22:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/australias-keegan-palmer-edges-tom-schaar-for-park-skateboarding-gold\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T22:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:25:21","slug":"australias-keegan-palmer-edges-tom-schaar-for-park-skateboarding-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/australias-keegan-palmer-edges-tom-schaar-for-park-skateboarding-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Keegan Palmer edges Tom Schaar for park skateboarding gold"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"Olympics:Aug 7, 2024; Paris, France; Keegan Palmer (AUS) competes in men\u00eds park preliminaries during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at La Concorde 4. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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PARIS — Australia’s Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Games and become the first back-to-back gold medallist in the men’s park skateboarding event.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Palmer whipped through the concrete bowl in an opening run packed with tricks to grab the lead with a score of 93.11, which would ultimately prove enough as Schaar was unable to stay attached to his board in his final run.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Brazil’s Augusto Akio edged countryman Pedro Barros to take bronze.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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With the title secured before his final run, Palmer took a victory lap in front of the boisterous crowd, which included skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and rapper Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Barros and American Tate Carew skated out to meet Palmer on the jump box in the middle of the bowl and lifted the 21-year-old up on their shoulders in a great show of sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Three years ago, Palmer came out of nowhere to dominate the inaugural park competition in Tokyo but was a favorite coming into Wednesday’s final.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He won the preliminaries earlier in the day with his blistering speed, huge air and complete control and did not let up in the final at La Concorde.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Palmer’s triumph followed 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew winning the women’s park event on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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–Reuters, Special to Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n


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