<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wrapping up qualification on a high note and determining the final qualification spots. The eternal city of Rome showed the youngest sport headed to the Olympics how to hold an event. With $200,000 US dollar prize purse on the line and with placing on the podium guaranteeing direct qualification to the games, the stakes were high. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even with everyone’s laser focus though, the support levels and evident friendship among everyone skateboarding was heartwarming. We can only hope things stay this way as we move through the years. Community in skateboarding is everything, we are so much more than just people who can do tricks on skateboards and compete. For sure the skill and consistency level has never been so high, but I get the feeling that most are competing against themselves and the better everyone does, the better skateboarding is. If you watched the sidelines and the decks through-out this thing and paid attention to the high fives and hugs, you couldn’t help, but smile. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congratulations to everyone that puts their all into this thing we love and congratulations to everyone that’s made it through the grind and is headed to Tokyo!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>How it works:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 6 winners of the two Roman finals will get direct access to Tokyo for skateboarding's Olympic debut - where street skateboarding will open Tokyo's games at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. The ranking here at the world champs is the final deciding factor in determining the other Olympians skaters for Tokyo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Competition format:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 runs - 5 tricks - 4 best results count</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Qualifier round of competition comprises the following athletes:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Country Quota Athletes, 5 per gender and discipline per each NGB</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Athletes ranked 6th to 30th in the WSR</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wild Card Athletes</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Semifinal round of competition comprises a total of 32 athletes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pre-Seeded Athletes: Ranked 1st to 5th in the WSR</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Top 27 ranked athletes advancing from the Qualifier round (minimum)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The best 8 athletes of the Semifinal advance to the Final</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's Final Results:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/yuto-horigome" target="_blank">Yuto HORIGOME</a> (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/nyjah-huston" target="_blank">Nyjah HUSTON</a> (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/sora-shirai" target="_blank">Sora SHIRAI</a> (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's Final Results:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/aori-nishimura" target="_blank">Aori NISHIMURA</a> (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/momiji-nishiya" target="_blank">Momiji NISHIYA</a> (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/rayssa-leal" target="_blank">Rayssa LEAL</a> (BRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's Finalists</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nyjah Huston USA</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yuto Horigome JPN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/kelvin-hoefler" target="_blank">Kelvin Hoefler</a> BRA</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/jagger-eaton" target="_blank">Jagger Eaton</a> USA</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sora Shirai JPN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/micky-papa" target="_blank">Micky Papa</a> CAN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/matt-berger" target="_blank">Matt Berger</a> CAN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/jake-ilardi" target="_blank">Jake Ilardi</a> USA</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's Finalists</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rayssa Leal BRA</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aori Nishimura JPN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/funa-nakayama" target="_blank">Funa Nakayam</a> JPN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/mariah-duran" target="_blank">Mariah Duran</a> USA</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/pamela-rosa" target="_blank">Pamela Rosa</a> BRA</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/roos-zwetsloot" target="_blank">Roos Zwetsloot</a> NED</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Momiij Nishiya JPN</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/leticia-bufoni" target="_blank">Leticia Bufoni</a> BRA</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Check out the <a href="http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/results/category/842-street-wc-2021-results.html" target="_blank">full results list here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#streetskateboardingrome #OlympicSkateboarding #WorldSkate #WorldSkateSB #italianskateboarding #streetwc2021rome #fisritalia #skateboarding #skate #streetskateboarding #foroitalico</strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div><strong>About World Skate</strong></div><div>World Skate, founded in 1924 in Switzerland, works to unify the unique characteristics of skateboarding and roller sports, and to promote their global development. By providing a modern platform for the management of all disciplines, it supports autonomy and fosters authenticity in their governance. World Skate currently recognizes more than135 National Federations and is the IOC recognized governing body for skateboarding.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div> For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.worldskate.org/" target="_blank">www.worldskate.org</a></div></div><div style="text-align: right;">Source: Jeff Landi / skateboarding.worldskate.org</div>