Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal was the grand champion of SLS Super Crown 2023a world elite tournament played this weekend at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo.
The 15-year-old Olympic medalist won the final stage of the world Skate Street league (Street League Skateboarding) to the delight of the Brazilians who were present in the capital of São Paulo.
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Rayssa opened up an advantage in the first part of the final, the return, with very high scores in both attempts, including a 9 in the second that set the Ibirapuera Gymnasium on fire. The Brazilian even called the crowd asking for more noise from the fans after she achieved this unprecedented milestone in her career.
In the maneuvers, second part of the final, Rayssa Leal performed safely and secured the Super Crown 2023 title. She even went for her fifth and final attempt already knowing she was the champion. The Brazilian finished with 31.9 in the final score, after the maneuvers that earned her 8.0, 6.4 and 8.5 in the first three attempts. In the last two, Rayssa ended up falling, but without any scares.
The native of Imperatriz, in Maranhã, secured her second Super Crown title, as she had also won the final stage of last year’s world league, held in Rio de Janeiro. In this edition in São Paulo, Momiji Nishiya, the Japanese Olympic champion, finished in 2nd place and the American Paige Heyn completed the podium in third. Nishiya got 30.6 and Heyn got 28.8.
With this, Brazil increases its dominance in the category, since, before Rayssa, Pâmela Rosa was the champion of the 2019 and 2021 editions. Pâmela also competed in this year’s Super Crown, but did not qualify for the final.
2023-12-03 14:32:00
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