Margielyn Didal failed to defend her Asian Games gold medal for skateboarding after crashing to eighth place Wednesday.
Didal struggled mightily in her first trick in both first and second runs, as she fell and appeared to hurt herself.
She also failed to do her third trick in the second run, prompting her to wave the white flag with about eight seconds remaining.She scored 23.39 in the first run and 12.83 in the second.She was also unable to complete her second trick as she hurt her wrist the second time around, after she fell and used her hand to break the fall.She passed on her final two trick attempts.
Didal ended her stint dead last.China’s Cui Chenxi won the gold medal for this year’s Asiad. She was followed by countryman Zeng Wenhui and Japan’s Miyo Itu.
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