<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the first instance, only two out of eight finalists completed their initial runs. <strong>Palmer’s </strong>was an unassailable 93.11, but silver medalist <strong>Tom Schaar</strong> had to improve on his first run in order to hold onto silver.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy-go-lucky Brazilian <strong>Augusto Akio</strong>, who qualified by the skin of his teeth for the finals, left it until his final run to vault the leaderboard and push highly-fancied American<strong> Tate Carew</strong> out of third place to take bronze with a run he will remember for the rest of his life. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In so doing, he pipped compatriot <strong>Pedro Barros</strong> for a medal by 0.2 of a point in front of a sellout crowd which included Snoop Dogg, Tony Hawk and French President Emmanuel Macron.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A fittingly dramatic conclusion to the greatest set of skateboard contests of all time, which have formed some of the unquestionable highlights of the entire Paris Olympic Games of 2024.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As ever, for all the best insight and analysis on Olympic skateboarding we'd encourage you to follow the <a href="https://www.skateboarding.worldskate.org/" target="_blank">World Skate blog</a>!</div>