Last update on. From the section OlympicsJapan has won five of the nine medals in skating at the Tokyo Olympics.Tokyo Olympic Games on BBC Dates: 23 Jul-8 Aug Time in Tokyo: BST+8. Listen live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra, and Sounds; Live text and video clips available on BBC Sport app and website.Japan's hosts claimed gold and silver at the Tokyo Games women's skateboarding final. Sakura Yosozumi, 12 years old, and Kokona Hiraki, 12, finished first and second, respectively.Yosozumi (19 years old) won gold in Wednesday's exciting event with a score 60.09.The podium was only 44 years old when Sky Brown, 13-year-old from Great Britain, won bronze.Hiraki's gold made her the youngest Olympic medallist since French rower Noel Vandernotte, 1936.Yosozumi, the reigning World Championships gold medallist, won Japan's 20th Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics. His flowing final run was enough to win the title.Hiraki, who wore white boiler suits during the event, scored 58.05.She is Japan's youngest Summer Olympian, surpassing Yukari Takemoto.Takemoto was just 13 years old and 174 days when she participated in the 1968 Mexico Olympics.Brown was born to a Japanese mother, and a British father. He scored 47.53.Japan's Misugu Okayamoto was the favorite, but she missed out on a medal after she fell on all three of her runs to finish fourth in the final.Japan has won five of the nine medals, as skateboarding makes its Olympic debut.Skateboarding is one the four new sports that are intended to reach new people and be a part of a young field.
