Didal hopes to inspire bigger PH skate boom after viral Olympic debut

After an inspiring Tokyo Olympics debut, Cebuana star skateboarder Margielyn Didal hopes that Filipinos’ interest in the sport will only grow further from here on out.

“For me, as a skateboarder for 9 or 10 years already, [the skate scene] is really getting bigger, and will only grow even bigger with the inclusion in the Olympics,” she added in a recent media roundtable hosted by Red Bull.after a stellar display of sportsmanship and positivity towards her competitors, and the event overall., quickly went viral on social media, and persisted even after she got back home to the Philippines.

Didal will also join the Queen of Macba event in Barcelona, Spain later this year, and while no plans for 2022 have been formalized yet, it is worth noting that she is a reigning Asian Games gold medalist heading into that year’s meet in Hangzhou, China.

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