Americans Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston both medaled in the men’s street skateboarding in a thrilling display of gutsiness, but it was Japanese star Yuto Horigome who pulled off an unfathomable Nollie 270 noseblunt on his final trick to leapfrog the competition and win his second consecutive gold medal.
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Eaton and Huston were positioned to take 1-2 entering the final round, but Horigome pulled off the legendary trick to stun the crowd and score a 97.08 to vault into first place with a total score of 281.14. If he had failed to land it, the defending champ would have fallen to seventh place.
Huston, 30, led the pack for the majority
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