Brazil woke up groggy and bleary-eyed on Monday morning, after staying up late the night before to cheer on 13-year-old Rayssa Leal — the youngest competitor ever to represent Brazil at an Olympic Games — to a silver medal in the women’s street skateboarding competition in Tokyo. Along with Kelvin Hoefler’s silver in the men’s event the previous day, Brazil got its 2020 Games off to a good start, despite hopes of having their golden generation of women skateboarders dominating the podium. Favorites Letícia Bufoni and Pâmela Rosa failed to qualify for the final.
Regardless of the results at...
