The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and testifies to the sport’s inclusivityTOKYO -- At age 46, the second-oldest skateboarder at the Tokyo Games is hoping to not have a heart attack and have mounds of fun. Oberholzer isn't expecting to beat them when they go wheel-to-wheel this week in Tokyo's huge purpose-built Olympic skate bowl. Glifberg started right around the time that “Back to the Future” turned kids onto skating in 1985. I want to be the one flying around.’”Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was still in jail when Oberholzer started riding buses into central Johannesburg in search of places to skate. “That’s probably the best thing I’m taking out of this, is that my mom finally goes, ‘Wow.’”———Paris-based AP multimedia journalist John Leicester is covering his eighth Olympics.

Source: ABC News July 31, 2021 23:48 UTC