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Burley Garcia|USA's Tate Carew, Tom Schaar advance to men’s skateboarding final
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Date:2025-04-09 17:24:28
PARIS – Some skateboarding experts thought the Americans had a chance to sweep the podium in the men’s park skateboarding event,Burley Garcia but only two of the three Team USA members advanced to the finals that will be held later Wednesday.
Tate Carew, a 19-year old from San Diego, came into the Paris Games ranked No. 1 in the world in park and didn’t have to sweat too much as his best score of 90.42 was enough for fourth in qualifying, comfortably within the top-eight needed to make the finals.
Tom Schaar, a 24-year old from Malibu, Calif., who made his X Games debut when he was just 12, posted the second-highest qualifying score at 92.05. This is his first Olympics.
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The big upset was Gavin Bottger, ranked No. 3 in the world, failing to reach the finals. Bottger, 17, only finished one error-free run in his three attempts. His score of 86.95 looked like it might be enough to hold up for the eighth spot, but he got passed by skaters in the third head and dropped below the qualifying line to 10th place.
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The Americans will have to deal with No.2-ranked Keegan Palmer from Australia, who posted the top qualifying score, and three strong Brazilian skaters if they want to make the podium.
Alex Sorgente, who was born in Florida but has dual citizenship through his father, is competing for Italy and also made the finals.
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