By Rory Carroll and Mimosa Spencer
PARIS (Reuters) -Australia’s Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Games and become the first back-to-back gold medallist in the men’s park skateboarding event.
Palmer whipped through the concrete bowl in an opening run packed with tricks to grab the lead with a score of 93.11, which would ultimately prove enough as Schaar was unable to stay attached to his board in his final run.
Brazilian Augusto Akio took bronze at the event at La Concorde.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Paris; Editing by Christian Radnedge and Bill Berkrot)
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