US skateboarders Jagger Eaton, Nyah Huston: Nyjah Huston and Jagger Eaton secured medals for Team USA in skateboarding at the Paris Olympics:
- Huston won a bronze medal with a score of 279.38.
- Eaton earned silver with a score of 281.04.
- Yuto Horigome from Japan won gold with a score of 281.14, setting the highest single-trick score (97.08).
Team USA’s Medal Count
- Total Medals: 20, leading the medal count.
- Second Place: France with 16 medals.
- Third Place: China and Japan, each with 12 medals; Japan leads in gold medals with 6.
Other Olympic Results for Team USA
- Swimming: Four medals on Sunday, including silver and bronze in the women’s 400-meter individual medley by Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant.
- Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s team won bronze, their first medal in this event since 2008.
- Fencing: Nick Itkin won bronze in men’s foil individual.
- Men’s 200-meter Freestyle: Luke Hobson won bronze.
- Men’s 100-meter Backstroke: Ryan Murphy earned bronze.
Non-Medal Events:
- Women’s Basketball: Team USA defeated Japan 102-76 in a Group C game. A’Ja Wilson scored 24 points with 13 rebounds, and Brianna Stewart added 22 points.
- Both skaters performed well in the initial rounds with scores in the 90s.
- Eaton lost the gold to Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who scored 281.14 points.
Upcoming Events:
- Women’s and men’s park finals scheduled for August 6 and 7, respectively.
Personal Background
1. Nyjah Huston
- Born in California in 1994.
- Introduced to skateboarding by his father, Adeyami Huston.
- Homeschooled; details on formal education are limited.
- Has won multiple medals at World Skateboarding Championships and Summer X Games, including 6 golds at Worlds and 12 golds at X Games.
2. Jagger Eaton
- Born in Mesa, February 21, 2001.
- His father, Geoff Eaton, owns Kids That Rip Skateboard School; his mother, Shelly Schaerer, was an elite gymnast.
- Attended Mathnasium Learning Centre in Arizona.
- Previously won a bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 and has two World Skateboarding Championships and three Summer X Games gold medals.
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