Sneak peak at future Olympic medallists<\/p>\n
The biggest stars showed up at OQS to battle for Olympic tickets. But just how high was the level of competition?<\/p>\n
To put it in numbers \u2013\u00a023 out of the 36 medallists in BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing at Paris 2024 also competed \u2013 and often stood on the podium \u2013 at the Olympic Qualifier Series.<\/p>\n
This included all the male and female medallists in BMX freestyle: Deng Yawen, Perris Benegas<\/a>, Natalya Diehm<\/a>, Jose Torres Gil<\/a>, Kieran Reilly<\/a>, and Anthony Jeanjean<\/a>.<\/p>\n France\u2019s\u00a0Jeanjean won both OQS events and picked up a bronze at his home Olympics.<\/p>\n In skateboarding, all Paris 2024 medallists competed at the OQS and all but two stood on the podium in one or both cities. Furthermore, all of the Olympic champions \u2013 Arisa Trew<\/a>, Yoshizawa Coco<\/a>, Keegan Palmer<\/a> and Horigome Yuto<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 won at least one event.<\/p>\n Trew won the women\u2019s park at OQS Shanghai a few days after turning 14, repeated that result in Budapest, and went on to become Australia\u2019s youngest-ever Olympic champion when she stormed to gold in the French capital.<\/p>\n In sport climbing, Indonesia\u2019s Veddriq Leonardo<\/a> followed up on his first-place finish in the men\u2019s speed event at OQS Shanghai and third place in Budapest with a gold medal at Paris 2024. Wu Peng<\/a> of the People\u2019s Republic of China came second to Leonardo in Shanghai, as he would later do on the Olympic stage, but beat him to win in Budapest.<\/p>\n USA\u2019s Brooke Raboutou<\/a>, who won women’s Boulder & Lead at both OQS events, went on to take silver at Paris 2024, while Poland\u2019s Aleksandra Kalucka<\/a> punched her ticket to Paris 2024 with a win in Budapest and later won an Olympic bronze medal.<\/p>\n