Brazilians Rayssa Leal and Gionanni Vianna will compete in the final of the Sydney (Australia) stage of the World Street Skate League (Street League Skateboarding-SLS) later in the evening. Both qualified in second place in the women’s and men’s preliminaries, respectively, this Saturday morning (12). Rayssa will compete for the women’s title at 10:30 pm (Brasília time). The men’s decision is scheduled for early Sunday morning (from 1 am).
The Sydney stage is the last that counts points towards the decision of the world title of the 2024 season, the Super Crown World Championship, scheduled for December 14th and 15th, at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera, in São Paulo.
WE HAVE BRAZIL IN THE FINALS! 🤩🇧🇷
Rayssa Leal and Giovanni Vianna won their heats in the Sydney stage of the SLS, the World Skate Street League, and are in the decision!
The women’s final takes place today at 22:30, and the men’s final soon after, at 00:00.
LET’S GO, MY TEAM! 👊
📸 Gaspar… pic.twitter.com/38PPX3Bwlk
— Team Brasil (@timebrasil) October 12, 2024
The only female representative from Brazil in the Sydney stage, Rayssa Leal obtained the highest scores in the first heat, and finished first in her group. However, the two-time world champion and Olympic medalist fell to second place overall, as Australian Chloe Covell achieved 31.4 points in the other group of participants – the competition brought together 10 athletes, divided into two groups. Only six advanced to the final.
Rayssa Leal 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/EnUounfLie
— Street League Skateboarding (@StreetLeague) October 12, 2024
Rayssa, 16 years old, currently occupies third place in the World League, with 190 points, after winning the San Diego (United States) stage title in April. In first place is Japanese Yumeka Oda (220 points), followed by compatriot Liz Akama (210).
In the men’s competition, also with 10 entrants – two of them Brazilians, the current world champion Giovanni Vianna, aged 23, put on a show in the first heat by achieving a score of 9.0 in the maneuvers. The São Paulo native scored 33.7 and advanced to the final in second place, behind the Japanese Sora Shirai (35.1). The other Brazilian in the men’s stage was Felipe Gustavo, who scored 31.8, and did not advance to the final.
