France's capital city is set to rock to a sporting beat on Saturday as the Olympic Games get under way in earnest on the back of an opening ceremony as dazzling as it was rainswept.

Paris Olympics 2024: 14 gold medals up for grabs on Day 1 as Summer Games get underway

Several Ethiopian schoolgirls dressed in jeans, sweatpants, and abayas practised the art of skateboarding, breaking all taboos. Although there are numerous skateboarding communities in the country, they are mostly dominated by men.

'It makes us happy': Group of Ethiopian girls finds joy in skateboarding despite criticism

A Kerala youth who was travelling 3,511 kilometres on skateboards from Kanyakumari to Kashmir perished tragically in a hit-and-run accident. 31-year-old Anas Hajas had undertaken the trip to raise awareness about skateboarding and had planned further trips to Bhutan, Nepal, and Cambodia after completing this leg of the journey.

Kerala man on 3,511 kilometres skateboarding trip, meets tragic end in a hit and run accident

China is currently adhering to ‘zero-Covid policy’. Amid shutdowns due to Covid, these Chinese women are surfskating. Surfskating is a novice-friendly version of skateboarding. It uses a more flexible front-end wheel assembly. Duolan, a 31-year-old dancer, runs free weekly surfskating classes for women.

Amid Covid shutdowns, Chinese women are surfskating | WION Edge

An 11-month old Chinese girl has created waves due to skateborading skills. Wang Yuji, who hasn't even turned 1-year-old can't even walk properly is seen skateboarding in videos that are being shared online.

Baby on a snowboard is grabbing eyeballs in China

Two skateboarding gold medals in two days have made the people of Japan excited about the sport which is making its Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020.

Japanese skateboarders 'excited' by two gold medal victories

It all started after the coronavirus pandemic broke out and lockdowns prevented youth from Basra to take to the streets. Stuck at home, Mustafa Ibrahim, a student, started to watch skateboarding videos online. But when government-imposed restrictions started to ease, Ibrahim and a few of his friends took to the streets to practice this newly-discovered hobby.

Basra youth pioneer skateboarding in their city

Skateboards have become a vehicle of empowerment in Afghanistan. A non-profit organisation Skateistan, is providing free skate lessons to youngers in the country. Around half the students are girls. WION brings you a report.

Skateistan using skateboards to empower girls in Afghanistan

After spending a lot of time on the road, Meraj and Johan explore what kind of activities are available in Delhi. Johan goes skateboarding at a couple of places in South Delhi and discovers a gourmet food festival hosting celebrity chefs Marco Pierre White and Ranveer Brar. WION Traveller also gets awarded the top prize for travel coverage at the ENBA 2019 news broadcasting awards.

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Mothers are truly irreplaceable, there is really nothing on the planet that can surpass a mother's love for her child. The same was exhibited in a video that recently went viral wherein a mother helped her child with cerebral palsy skateboard for the very first time.

Brazilian mum wins hearts by helping son with cerebral palsy skate for the very first time

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