The Tokyo Olympics has been delayed by an entire year, fraught with false starts, cancelled qualifying events and endless confusion from World Skate, but its finally set to go ahead on July 23, 2021. This means that skateboarding will finally make its Olympic debut. So, in an era of travel restrictions, quarantines and vaccinations, hows it all going to unfold for the Australians looking to qualify for Tokyo Heres what we know so far.
As the clock ticks over to 100 days until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, meet some of our athletes who are gearing up for what’s going to be one of the most unique Olympic Games.
Brooke Stratton, Linden Hall and Catriona Bisset have all secured their spot on the Australian Olympic Team after a successful National Championships in Sydney over the weekend.
Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) long jumper Brooke Stratton has spent the last eight weeks improving her physical capacity from the garage. Under remote guidance of Strength and Conditioning Coach Cory Innes shes been able to improve on her weaknesses and set new personal bests when she returned to the VIS gym on Monday.