Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

After making its debut at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, skateboarding is returning for its second Olympics. Bryce Wettstein, who will be representing women’s park skateboarding for Team USA, shares some of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 12 members of the first U.S. Olympic skateboarding team stepped on their boards and skated through a corridor of tall American flags in a joyful pack, headed toward an outdoor ...

UPDATE (3:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 27) -- Men's skateboard street, originally scheduled for Saturday, July 27, has been postponed due to slick course conditions and rain. The event will now be ...

On our first episode of Olympic Dreams: San Diego to Tokyo, we chat with Heimana Reynolds, who headlines a new generation of Olympic athletes on the verge of history. At just 22 years old, Reynolds is ...

May 24 (Reuters) - Skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain's youngest Summer Olympian, finished second in a Tokyo Games qualifier on Sunday almost a year after the 12-year-old suffered ...