HANGZHOU: Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi became China's youngest gold medallist at the Asian Games in Hangzhou when she won the women's street skateboarding event on Wednesday (Sep 27). Cui, who is just over 1.5m tall, landed her first two individual tricks to race into the lead with a score of 242.62.
HANGZHOU: Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi became China's youngest gold medallist at the Asian Games in Hangzhou when she won the women's street skateboarding event on Wednesday .
"My tactic was to be conservative on the first run to get some points on the scoreboard, then make a push for it on the second run," she said. Cui, who started skateboarding three years ago, said her coaches had told her it was"OK if I fail doing the tricks I want to do"."This competition is different from other competitions, so I especially wanted to win this one."The 16-year-old landed three of his individual tricks to win the competition with 231.14 points, ahead of Indonesia's Sanggoe Darma Tanjung on 200.63 and China's Su Jianjun on 195.73.
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