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Funa Nakayama, a Japanese skateboarder, poses for a photo in Tokyo on April 26, 2024. 17-year-old Nakayama won a bronze medal in the skateboard women's street competition at the Tokyo Olympics Games、placed
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![Funa Nakayama, a Japanese skateboarder, poses for a photo in Tokyo on April 26, 2024. 17-year-old Nakayama won a bronze medal in the skateboard women's street competition at the Tokyo Olympics Games、placed Funa Nakayama, a Japanese skateboarder, poses for a photo in Tokyo on April 26, 2024. 17-year-old Nakayama won a bronze medal in the skateboard women's street competition at the Tokyo Olympics Games、placed](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PR2H06/funa-nakayama-a-japanese-skateboarder-poses-for-a-photo-in-tokyo-on-april-26-2024-17-year-old-nakayama-won-a-bronze-medal-in-the-skateboard-womens-street-competition-at-the-tokyo-olympics-gamesplaced-5th-at-world-skate-sharjah-street-2022-world-championships-the-yomiuri-shimbun-via-ap-images-2PR2H06.jpg)
Funa Nakayama, a Japanese skateboarder, poses for a photo in Tokyo on April 26, 2024. 17-year-old Nakayama won a bronze medal in the skateboard women's street competition at the Tokyo Olympics Games、placed
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Japanese skateboarder Funa Nakayama, who won bronze in the women's street event at the Tokyo Olympics, meets the press at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba near Tokyo on April 21, 2022, ahead
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Yuto Horigome of Japan celebrates during an award ceremony of men's division in the international skateboarding event "UPRISING TOKYO" at Ariake Arena in Koto Ward, Tokyo on May 28, 2023. Japanese skateboarder
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