Skateboarders have their first-ever chance for an Olympic gold.
The men’s street competition began Saturday, giving audiences their first taste of the rebel “anti-sport” on the global athletics stage. Women’s street begins Sunday, and the park competition for women and men debuts August 3 and 4.
Two of the Olympic’s youngest stars will participate in park — Team GB’s 13-year-old Sky Brown and Kokona Hiraki of Japan, who is 12.
The street course was created to model real-world obstacles like stair cases and railings. The park course has the giant bowls and half-pipes seen in skateparks. Check out these incredible images of Olympic Street Skateboarding’s debut.
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![Vincent Milou of Team France competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Urban Sports Park.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc36e280000688d702aec.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Nyjah Huston of Team USA practises prior the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fccc1f260000057e523a0c.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Jake Ilardi of Team USA competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc31c260000057e523a08.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Sora Shirai of Team Japan competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc3423b00000777eccd27.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Gustavo Felipe of Team Brazil competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims Heat 1.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc37e3b00002577eccd28.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Jagger Eaton of the US takes a fall as he competes in the men's street prelims heat 1.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc39d260000487c523a09.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Yuto Horigome of Team Japan competes at the Skateboarding Men's Street Prelims.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fccbc03b00004867eccd2d.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Jake Ilardi of the US competes in the men's street prelims heat 2.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc3bd4100001d8181c1be.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Brazil's Kelvin Hoefler takes a fall as he competes in the men's street prelims heat 2.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcc3e7280000688d702aed.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Australia's Shane O'Neill competes in the men's street prelims heat 2.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fccbfc280000798d702af2.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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![Brazil's Gustavo Felipe reacts as he competes in the men's street prelims heat 1 during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/60fcca39260000387c523a0b.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1280_noupscale)
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