The WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 is all set to take place from 18-25 June, check out the full schedule, venue, format, top five pre-seeded skateboarders, how to watch live
The upcoming event in Rome will serve as the next stop for street skateboarders looking to enter next Olympic Games.
WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 schedule, date, time table, venue, entry list, live stream telecast
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The Parco di Colle Oppio skatepark in Rome will host the world’s top skaters like Olympic stars Horigome Yuto, Rayssa Leal and Nyjah Huston, in the upcoming WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023.
WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 format
The 2023 WST Street Skateboarding Rome will begin with a men’s and women’s open qualifier similar to the other Olympics qualifier events. The top 27 skateboarders from the qualifiers will then advance to the quarter-finals. From there, the top five pre-seeded skaters will then join the contest. From there, just eight skaters will enter the men’s and women’s finals on Sunday 25 June.
WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 full schedule
Given below is the full schedule for the WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 with all times in Central European Summer Time (UTC +2):
| Date | Time | Events |
| Sunday 18 June | 09:00 – 18:55 | Women’s and Men’s open practice |
| Monday 19 June | 09:00 – 18:55 | Women’s and Men’s open practice |
| Tuesday 20 June | 09:00 – 18:55 | Women’s and Men’s open practice |
| 19:00 – 20:35 | Women’s pre-seeded practice and Men’s pre-seeded practice | |
| Wednesday 21 June | 09:00 – 14:35 | Women’s Open Qualifier |
| 15:20 – 17:05 | Women’s pre-seeded practice and Men’s pre-seeded practice | |
| Thursday 22 June | 09:00 – 20:15 | Men’s Open Qualifier |
| 20:20 -21:55 | Women’s pre-seeded practice and Men’s pre-seeded practice | |
| Friday 23 June | 11:00 – 12:35 | Women’s Quarter-final Practice |
| 12:45 – 15:40 | Women’s Quarter-final | |
| 16:30 – 18:05 | Men’s Quarter-final Practice | |
| 18:15 – 21:10 | Men’s Quarter-final | |
| Saturday 24 June | 12:15 – 13:50 | Women’s Semi-final Practice |
| 13:55 – 15:30 | Men’s Semi-final Practice | |
| 15:55 – 18:40 | Women’s Semi-final | |
| 19:25 – 22:10 | Men’s Semi-final | |
| Sunday 25 June | 17:00 – 18:00 | Women’s Final Practice |
| 18:05 – 19:05 | Men’s Final Practice | |
| 19:25 – 20:45 | Women’s Final | |
| 20:55 – 22:15 | Men’s Final | |
| 22:25 | Awards Ceremony |
WST Rome 2023 top five pre-seeded skateboarders
The top five ranked athletes in the Olympic World Skate Ranking will be pre-seeded directly into the quarter-final. As such, they will skip the Open Qualifier unlike the skaters from rank 6th to 30th.
Given below are the top five pre-seeded skateboarders in the Men’s and Women’s category
Women
Rayssa Leal (BRA)
Nishiya Momiji (JPN)
Nakayama Funa (JPN)
Chloe Covell (AUS)
Akama Rizu (JPN)
Men
Aurelien Giraud (FRA)
Gustavo Ribeiro (POR)
Onodera Ginwoo (JPN)
Nyjah Huston (USA)
Kelvin Hoefler (BRA)
WST Street Skateboarding Rome 2023 how to watch live
Fans can watch the livestream coverage of the WST Street Rome 2023 worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com starting with the semi-finals on Saturday 24 June and till the finals on Sunday 25 June.