Nyjah Huston is the Michael Jordan of skateboarding, but he flopped in Tokyo. No longer a gold-medal favorite can he find redemption at the Paris Olympics?
The first half of the trick — a kickflip up to the rail, a lipslide down — went great. The second part, not so much. Nyjah Huston landed too hard, tumbling off his skateboard and skidding across the pavement. Looking toward the sky, he screamed: “Dammit!” The Southern California skater had arrived at the Tokyo Olympics as an icon in his sport, a millionaire several times over from prize money and endorsements. Winning gold figured to add a little more shine to his legacy.
“And then sometimes you’re just like, what is this? Did I paint this? Was this done by a 3-year-old?” Though skaters deal with this unpredictability all the time, they struggle to understand its origins. Lilley says: “That’s just how it works.” Other individual sports such as surfing and golf are similar. Athletes have no control over weather conditions or an opponent having the performance of a lifetime. There are no teammates to carry the load on an off day.
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