The bronze winner captured the first ever Team USA skateboarding medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
“I think that Tokyo shaped me so much as a human, just the hard work and dedication that I put into it,” Eaton told NBC. “And going into Paris this time, I have so much knowledge.”He hopes to use the knowledge he gained while doing so – and both of his ankles – to take home another medal at theBreaking Baguettes: Break bread with Olympic athletes ahead of Paris 2024
“When I found out I made the podium, it was the most surreal moment of my life because it was almost like my whole year-and-a-half or two years of preparation for that just happened,” he said. He became the first skateboarder to win world titles in street and park . In May at the Olympic Qualifier Series Shanghai, he made the podium in each discipline, taking first in street and placing third in park.
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