EITHER skater The Portuguese Gustavo Ribeiro was fourth classified on Monday in the Rome stage of the Pro Tour, a street skate event scoring for the Olympic ranking.
The Portuguese athlete, who was always in the top positions in the previous qualifiers, ended up falling to fourth place, with 256.43 points, in a race won by the American Nyjah Houston, with 276.51, who surpassed the Japanese Sora Shirai, second, with 263.36.
“Unfortunately I did not manage to reach the final with my best performance. In the first ‘race’ I lost my last maneuver, but we are all human beings and, unfortunately, I did not manage to reach my goal, which was to get at least one medal,” he told the end the Portuguese athlete.
Gustavo Ribeiro stressed, however, that fourth place “is not the worst result in the world”, because, although he was not satisfied with it, he also had the goal of adding points for the Olympic ranking.
“My goal in Rome was to win points for the Olympic circuit. I’m still in second place in the world ranking, no one has managed to lower my position, now it’s time to focus on the next stage in Switzerland, in two months. Nothing is lost, ”he concluded.
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The Frenchman Aurelien Giraud, who clearly dominated the race in the different qualifiers, suffered a mishap this Monday and was left out of the fight for victory by finishing in eighth position, with 65.47.
The event counted towards Olympic qualification, with the remaining two qualifying rounds taking place in December 10-17 in Japan and January 14-21 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Source: TSF
