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Davis native Nyjah Huston heads to 2024 Paris Olympics

Here’s a look at the 29-year-old Olympian skateboarder from Davis.

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Nyjah Huston, of the United States, practices during an Olympic qualifying skateboard event at Lauridsen Skatepark, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. The questions under the magnifying glass at this week's Dew Tour — one of the last major qualifying events for the games in Tokyo in July — is whether the Olympics is ready for skateboarding and, more tellingly, whether skateboarding is ready for the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DAVIS, Calif. — There are 131 Californian athletes who qualified for and are heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. America's Olympic team, Team U.S.A., includes 10 athletes from the Greater Sacramento region.

Here’s a look at Olympian skateboarder Nyjah Huston from Davis.

Huston, 29, will compete in Skateboarding during the 2024 Olympics. This is Huston's second Olympic games after placing 7th (Street - Men) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where the sport debuted at the Olympic level. He started skate boarding at the age of 7.

"Honored to be out there again representing my country," he said in an Instagram post. "Truly a special thing and never to be taken for granted."

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Career Highlights

2020: Olympic Games Tokyo - 7th (Street - Men)
World Championship (Street - Men) - Medals: 4 (8 gold, 6 silver)

Follow Huston on Instagram, X, formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook.

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris run from Friday July 26, through Sunday Aug. 11.

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