TOKYO — TOKYO - Sky Brown, a 13-year-old from Great Britain, prevented a Japanese sweep in women's park skateboarding. The self-taught skateboarder claimed the bronze medal in the Olympic event, ...

Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

The first-ever women's Olympic street skateboarding winner is also one of the youngest ever to take home a gold medal. In fact, none of the three winners on the podium were older than 16. On Monday, ...