Team GB’s hopes of entering a team in the skateboarding events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games may have been dashed by a funding crisis after Skateboard England lost its Sport England backing, according to Japan Today on 19 April.
Skateboarding is set to make its debut in Tokyo, with four medal events in the two categories of park and street. The report says that other Olympic skateboarding hopefuls in countries such as Australia, Spain and Germany are receiving government funding.