Street Skateboarding World Championships 2021 Rome Recap

Men's Podium at the 2021 Street World Championships in Rome, L-R: 2nd Nyjah HUSTON (USA), 1st Yuto HORIGOME (JPN) & 3rd Sora SHIRAI (JPN), at Stadio Nicola Pietrangeli, Rome, Italy, June 6. Image credit: / World Skate / Bryce Kanights

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The final qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics finished up this past weekend and sets the stage for the Olympic Games this summer. On a course that everyone seemed to be hyped on and in a location that was breath taking on all levels, the vibe on this one was different.

Wrapping up qualification on a high note and determining the final qualification spots. The eternal city of Rome showed the youngest sport headed to the Olympics how to hold an event. With $200,000 US dollar prize purse on the line and with placing on the podium guaranteeing direct qualification to the games, the stakes were high.

Even with everyone’s laser focus though, the support levels and evident friendship among everyone skateboarding was heartwarming. We can only hope things stay this way as we move through the years. Community in skateboarding is everything, we are so much more than just people who can do tricks on skateboards and compete. For sure the skill and consistency level has never been so high, but I get the feeling that most are competing against themselves and the better everyone does, the better skateboarding is. If you watched the sidelines and the decks through-out this thing and paid attention to the high fives and hugs, you couldn’t help, but smile.

Congratulations to everyone that puts their all into this thing we love and congratulations to everyone that’s made it through the grind and is headed to Tokyo!!!

How it works:

The 6 winners of the two Roman finals will get direct access to Tokyo for skateboarding's Olympic debut - where street skateboarding will open Tokyo's games at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. The ranking here at the world champs is the final deciding factor in determining the other Olympians skaters for Tokyo.

Competition format:

2 runs - 5 tricks - 4 best results count

The Qualifier round of competition comprises the following athletes:

Country Quota Athletes, 5 per gender and discipline per each NGB

Athletes ranked 6th to 30th in the WSR

Wild Card Athletes

The Semifinal round of competition comprises a total of 32 athletes.

Pre-Seeded Athletes: Ranked 1st to 5th in the WSR

Top 27 ranked athletes advancing from the Qualifier round (minimum)

The best 8 athletes of the Semifinal advance to the Final

Men's Final Results:

1st: Yuto HORIGOME (JPN)

2nd: Nyjah HUSTON (USA)

3rd: Sora SHIRAI (JPN)

Women's Final Results:

1st: Aori NISHIMURA (JPN)

2nd: Momiji NISHIYA (JPN)

3rd: Rayssa LEAL (BRA)

Men's Finalists

Nyjah Huston USA

Yuto Horigome JPN

Kelvin Hoefler BRA

Jagger Eaton USA

Sora Shirai JPN

Micky Papa CAN

Matt Berger CAN

Jake Ilardi USA

Women's Finalists

Rayssa Leal BRA

Aori Nishimura JPN

Funa Nakayam JPN

Mariah Duran USA

Pamela Rosa BRA

Roos Zwetsloot NED

Momiij Nishiya JPN

Leticia Bufoni BRA

Check out the full results list here.

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