At Olympics, skateboarding teens blaze trail for women

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TOKYO (AP) — On the Olympic podium stood three teenage girls — 13, 13 and 16 — with weighty gold, silver and bronze medals around their young necks, rewards for having landed tricks on their skateboards that most kids their age only get to see on Instagram. After decades in the shadows of men’s skateboarding, the future for the sport’s daring,