<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note - Due to expected inclement weather at X Games Chiba on Sunday, April 24, the competition schedule for tomorrow has been changed to the following: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Men’s Skateboard Park Final 9:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET</div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Women’s Skateboard Street Final 10:15 – 11:15 p.m. ET</div><div style="text-align: justify;">· Men’s Skateboard Street Final 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. ET</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After local hero <strong>Yuto Horigome</strong> qualified first in the Monster Energy Men’s Skateboard Street competition, action moved to the Vert ramp. American <strong>Mitchie Brusco</strong> stomped a varial Big Flip McTwist on his fourth run to steal the gold medal from last year’s defending gold medalist <strong>Gui Khury</strong>, who landed his second 1080. Although Khury won gold with the same trick in 2021, a hand drag left the door open for Brusco. <strong>Clay Kreiner</strong> rounded out the podium with a no grab big flip on his sixth run.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the Park course, the women kicked the day off with the second Japanese podium sweep in X Games history. Fresh off an Olympic gold medal, <strong>Sakura Yosozumi</strong> from Iwade City, Wakayama, earned her first X Games gold. Her second run included a backside 180 to fakie over the box, fakie noseblunt, backside ollie, backside air, judo, frontside Smith grind through the deep end corner, one foot back disaster, lipslide, ollie 540, fastplant. Thirteen-year-old <strong>Cocona Hiraki </strong>from Tomoakomai, Hokkaido, earned her second X Games silver medal, and X Games 2021 silver medalist, <strong>Mami Tezuka </strong>from Hikone, Shiga, once again landed on the podium with bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BMX saw the return of X Games Minneapolis 2019 double gold medalist Logan Martin, who continued his dominance once again. Martin’s third run was his best - flair whip, triple tailwhip, tailwhip transfer, 720, downside whip, no hander, pocket downside tailwhip, triple opposite tailwhip, flair downwhip, flair. Rookie Justin Dowell took the silver medal, and X Games 2021 Park gold medalist Kevin Peraza scored bronze. Although Japan’s Rim Nakamura qualified first he finished in sixth overall. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">X Games 2021 Best Whip gold medalist Tom Parsons successfully defended his gold with an unbeatable fourth whip. Tyler Bereman earned his fifth X Games Best Whip medal with silver and rookie Julien Vanstippen took bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BMX Street closed out Saturday under the lights as Australian Lewis Mills earned his first X Games gold. A surprise gold medalist, 23 year old Mills was the youngest rider in the field. Mills’ winning run was a barspin to peg grind to manual to toothpick hanger 180, toothhanger to barspin, opposite tailwhip, truckdriver, double peg uprail to hardway 360, crooked grind to barspin to manual to crooked grind to 180, barspin manual to 180 at the buzzer. American Devon Smillie earned another silver medal and X Games 2021 gold medalist and perennial Street favorite Garrett Reynolds had to settle for bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">X Games fans in the United States can watch live competition coverage from the inaugural X Games Chiba event April 22 – 24 on the ESPN App and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/xgames" target="_blank">X Games YouTube</a>. Fans can also follow the latest news and highlights across @XGames platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and XGames.com. More information can be found <a href="http://www.xgames.com/events/article/33756152/x-games-chiba-how-watch" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, two hours of event recap coverage will air on ABC as part of the World of X Games series on May 14 and 21 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET.</div><div><br /></div><div>X Games Chiba 2022 will be available locally in Japan on Nippon TV’s networks and will be available globally via ESPN’s streaming services.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Results</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Men’s Skateboard Street Elimination</strong> </div><div>1. Yuto Horigome (JPN)</div><div>2. Dashawn Jordan (USA)</div><div>3. Lucas Rabelo (BRA)</div><div>4. Jagger Eaton (USA)</div><div>5. Sora Shirai (JPN)</div><div>6. Kelvin Hoefler (BRA)</div><div>7. Jake Ilardi (USA)</div><div>8. Daiki Ikeda (JPN)</div><div>9. Zion Wright (USA)</div><div>10. Kairi Netsuke (JPN)</div><div>11. Gavin Bottger (USA)</div><div>12. Kieran Woolley (AUS)</div><div>13. Liam Pace (USA)</div><div>14. Chris Joslin (USA)</div><div>15. Clay Kreiner (USA)</div> <div><br /></div><div><strong>Skateboard Vert Best Trick</strong> </div><div>1. Mitchie Brusco (USA)</div><div>2. Gui Khury (BRA) </div><div>3. Clay Kreiner (USA)</div><div>4. Moto Shibata (JPN)</div><div>5. Jimmy Wilkins (USA)</div><div>6. Tate Carew (USA)</div><div>7. Edouard Damestoy (FRA)</div><div>8. Elliot Sloan (USA)</div> <div><br /></div><div>Gold: Mitchie Brusco</div><div>Silver: Gui Khury</div><div>Bronze: Clay Kreiner</div> <div><br /></div><div><strong>Women’s Skateboard Park</strong></div><div>1. Sakura Yosozumi (JPN)</div><div>2. Cocona Hiraki (JPN) </div><div>3. Mami Tezuka (JPN)</div><div>4. Bryce Wettstein (USA)</div><div>5. Kisa Nakamura (JPN)</div><div>6. Minna Stess (USA)</div><div>7. Ruby Lilley (USA)</div><div>8. Yndiara Asp (BRA)</div> <div><br /></div><div>Gold: Sakura Yosozumi</div><div>Silver: Cocona Hiraki</div><div>Bronze: Mami Tezuka</div>