As fun as skateboarding is, I was surprised that it didn’t get very much screen time in Tokyo. Maybe it had something to do with the pandemic, but I hardly saw any skateboarding three years ago, so I plan to make it a point to watch it this time around. I have no idea how the scoring works in this sport, so I’m just going off world rankings in making my projections. I also had no idea how good Japan is at this sport. They are amazing! This might be the chance for Japan to clean up in the gold department.
Projections:
| Medal | Men’s park | Country |
| Gold | Tate Carew | United States |
| Silver | Keegan Palmer | Australia |
| Bronze | Gavin Bottger | United States |
| Medal | Men’s street | Country |
| Gold | Ginwoo Onodera | Japan |
| Silver | Sora Shirai | Japan |
| Bronze | Jagger Eaton | United States |
| Medal | Women’s park | Country |
| Gold | Arisa Trew | Australia |
| Silver | Kokona Hiraki | Japan |
| Bronze | Sky Brown | Great Britain |
| Medal | Women’s street | Country |
| Gold | Coco Yoshizawa | Japan |
| Silver | Rayssa Leal | Brazil |
| Bronze | Funa Nakayama | Japan |
Projected medal count:
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tommy A. Phillips 