13-year-old shocks the world, scoops gold in Tokyo Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Skateboarding - Women's Street - Medal Ceremony - Ariake Urban Sports Park - Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Momiji Nishiya of Japan poses with her gold medal during medal ceremony. [Reuters, Lucy Nicholson]

Japan mined more gold on Monday as sentiment towards the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organisers to grab a glimpse of the Games.

Pint-sized 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya won gold in street skateboarding -- new to the Olympics here in Tokyo -- while in one of the Games' staple sports a "Terminator" hunted down a dominator to set the swimming pool alight.