World Skateboarding Tour: Dubai Street 2024 is currently underway at the Dubai Harbour in the United Arab Emirates from 3-10 March.
The World Skateboarding Tour (WST) forms a key part of the ‘Road to Paris’ for park and street skateboarders looking to compete at the Olympic Games, and WST Dubai Street 2024 stop marks an important junction on that journey.
The event will be the last chance for skaters to accrue points towards their Olympic World Skate Ranking (OWSR) before a cut is made ahead of the Olympic Qualifying Series (OQS) – the second phase of qualification.
The OQS is a two-part competition series taking place in Shanghai (16-19 May) and Budapest (20-23 June) and will be the settings to determine the final fields for Paris 2024.
The 44 highest-placed eligible athletes per gender in the OWSR after Dubai will be invited to the OQS respecting the following principles:
- No more than six athletes per country per gender per event (respecting the order of the OWSR)
- At least…