The first Olympic qualifying event for Los Angeles 2028 skateboarding in Rome delivered a series of statements from the sport’s rising generation. Australia’s Chloe Covell, 16, produced the largest winning margin in World Skateboarding Tour history in the women’s street final, finishing 22 points clear of Japan’s Yumeka Oda, while China’s Chenxi Cui claimed a maiden podium. In the men’s street contest, Japan swept the medals through Sora Shirai, Kairi Netsuke and Toa Sasaki, a display of depth that, viewed from Tokyo, confirms the nation’s structural advantage. The park discipline saw Japan’s Mizuho Hasegawa, 15, post a record 96.33 points—the highest women’s park score ever on the tour—to deny Great Britain’s reigning world champion Sky Brown, who herself became the first to land three consecutive scores above 90. Japan’s Issei Sakurai then edged a men’s park final in which five skaters surpassed 90 points, with American Tom Schaar second and Spain’s world champion Egoitz Bijueska third.

In Toyota, Japan, Colombia’s Tomás Restrepo defended his Toyota Junior Golf World Cup title with a closing 68 to finish at 14 under par, becoming the first Colombian to win the event twice and only the fourth player in its history to achieve back-to-back victories. He arrived, according to the Colombian federation, not in peak form, and trailed early in the final round after bogeys on the 13th and 17th holes. Four birdies on the back nine reversed the momentum, a comeback that, seen from Bogotá, reinforces the country’s growing presence in junior golf. Restrepo joins a list of past champions that includes Scottie Scheffler and Hideki Matsuyama.

On the sands of Saquarema, Brazil, reigning world surfing champion Yago Dora secured his first WSL victory of the season, defeating Italy’s Leonardo Fioravanti in the final. Dora opened with an aerial earning an 8.50 and closed with a 6.50 for a 15.00 total, while Fioravanti’s late 7.50 left him at 13.17. The result lifted Dora to third in the rankings; Fioravanti assumed the overall lead. Analysts in Rio de Janeiro note that Brazilian surfers now hold positions two through six, with Ítalo Ferreira second and Gabriel Medina fourth. In the women’s draw, American Sawyer Lindblad beat France’s Tya Zebrowski to move into third in the season standings, behind leader Gabriela Bryan and Carissa Moore.

Elsewhere, 12-year-old Brazilian roller skater Joana Caroline Tavares Melo took silver in the Junior Women’s Park World Cup in Ostia, Italy, scoring 72.53 points behind Japan’s Ruka Teruya. In the pool at Rome’s Sette Colli meet, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström clocked 25.31 in the 50-metre butterfly—her first race in the stroke since giving birth—to clear the European Championship qualifying standard. The weekend’s results now feed into distinct qualification pathways: the World Skate rankings will shape the LA28 field over the next two years, Melo targets the Taça Brasil in July for a world championship berth, and Sjöström prepares for August’s European Championships in Paris as a step toward the 2028 Olympics.