Arianna Carmona 2nd , Poppy Starr Olsen 1st, Amelia Brodka 3rd  / Photo Heidi Lemmon

Poppy Starr Olsen - 1st place  / Photo via Poppy's instagram

Arianna Carmona  - 2nd place  / Photo Heidi Lemmon

Amelia Brodka - 3rd place / Photo Mecu

Hunter Long - 4th Place  / Photo Heidi Lemmon

Mecu Videla - 6th place  /  Photo Heidi Lemmon

The women were ruling the vert ramp in Nanjing, China during the Vert World Championships yesterday. These ladies made history as this was the first FIRS and IOC event for skateboarders since the IOC announced that park

& street skateboarding would be part of the 2020 Olympics. Even though vert is not slated as an Olympic discipline, FIRS and the IOC included it as part of the 2017 World Games this year.

Congrats to all the girls who flew out to China, competed and tried out this new "team" system - very different than how the girls normally train, travel and compete, but it is the standard as we move forward to the 2020 Olympics.

PODIUM

1st      Poppy Starr Olsen - Gold Medal    AU
2nd    Arianna Carmona - Silver Medal  USA
3rd     Amelia Brodka- Bronze Medal      POLAND

4th     Hunter Long   USA
5th     Amar Hadid    AU
6th     Mecu Paula Videla  ARGENTINA
7th     Boni Jia
8th     Doris Jiayi Lou
9th     Asta Xin Zhang
10th   Maria Rojas Benavides
11th   Silvia Urra