Brazil is the country of skateboarding, and the women’s street team is the best. Pâmela Rosa is the current world champion and leader of the ranking. Rayssa Leal is the runner-up in the world and second in the ranking. Letícia Bufoni is a legend of the sport and the fourth in the ranking. Want more or is it good for Tokyo-2020?
As up to three Brazilians can go to the Japan Games, women’s street will be well represented. And, given the scenario before the pandemic, a podium with only Brazilian women is a real chance. And in the worst case scenario, a medal will come.
Besides, Brazil still has three more athletes (Gabriela Mazzetto, Virginia Fortes and Isabelly da Silva) among the 20 best in the world and who still fight for the places of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
THEY COMMAND
To get an idea of the dominance of Brazilian women’s street, just take the last six major skateboarding events worldwide. It only gave Brazil. Pâmela Rosa won four, including the 2019 World Cup, held in São Paulo.
Rayssa Leal won a competition, the Los Angeles stage of the SLS World Circuit, was runner-up in the world and also took two more podiums. And to close, Letícia Bufoni won the ISO Henan 2019. In other words, no other country managed to win in the main competitions before the pandemic paralyzed the world skate calendar.
Not to mention that on several occasions, when one of the three won, the runner-up was also Brazilian. And if Bufoni had competed in the São Paulo Worlds in 2019, the chance that the three would be on the podium would have been huge.
And Bufoni was world champion several times before skateboarding became an Olympic sport and has plenty of experience.
ADVERSARIES
Only the world does not watch Brazilian domination on skate street with arms crossed. Four athletes appear as possible rivals. The main one is Aori Nishimura, from Japan.
The 3rd in the world ranking seems to be the most dangerous for Brazilian women in Tokyo-2020. Nishimura has not won anything in the last competitions, but he has taken three podiums and can get the ‘triple’.
In the surprise group are Candy Jacobs, from the Netherlands, Hayley WIlson, from Australia, and Mariah Duran, from the USA. They will bet high, launch everything they can, because only then can they disrupt the Brazilian women’s street skate team.
