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New sports at the Paris 2024 Olympics
2024-07-18
The Paris 2024 Olympics will feature several new + newish sports : breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, and 3x3 basketball. Let’s explore what you need to know about Olympic skateboarding and 3x3 basketball rules, and where you can try them in Lakeland.
Ah, we can just picture that Olympics podium and those shiny medals now .
Dreaming of being a baller? Perfect your swish at these local basketball courts around Swan City:
Hunt Fountain Park The basketball courts here got a refresh this spring. Start a pickup game to check out the new hoops + tile court.
Simpson Park Community Center Perfect your dribbling on one of two indoor, full-size courts — just split the court in half to have two 3x3 games going at once.
Kelly Recreation Complex Got a future Olympian on your hands? Registration for Lakeland’s next Youth Basketball League season will open soon.
Drop in for a day at Lakeland Skate Park — just don’t forget your helmet.
Stoked about skateboarding at the Summer Olympics? Us too . This sport is newish to the Games — it also debuted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and it seems it’s here to stick . The world’s greatest skateboarders — including one from Florida repping Team USA (we see you, Poe Pinson) — will compete in two disciplines across preliminary and final events: park + street skating.
Park goes down on a course featuring bends + bowls, and Olympians gather speed to get that sweet air . What to know:
Athletes will perform three, 45-second runs.
Skaters will be judged by the height and speed of their tricks.
Their best score of their three runs will be counted as their final round score.
Street takes place on a straight course complete with stairs, handrails, and other bells + whistles to mimic the streets where skateboarding first began . What to know:
Olympians will perform two, 45-second runs and five tricks during each run.
They’ll be judged on their tricks and how well they control their boards.
Ready to ride ? Here’s where you can channel your inner thrasher and try sk8ing in and around Lakeland:
Fletcher Park Bring your own board to shred 24,000 sqft of bowls and a street course for both intermediate and advanced skaters. The park is open daily, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Mulberry Skate Park This small park is open from dawn to dusk, offering small half pipes and grinding rails.
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