Image via World Skate SB
Welcome to Dubai!
The upcoming Park Pro Tour Stop will be from February 25th to March. 3rd. Right after that will be the Street Pro Tour Stop from March 3 through March 10th . Both of these competitions will take place at the brand new skatepark located in the area of Dubai Harbor.
Over 500 skateboarders are expected to be in Dubai to compete at this event and the pressure is on. This event determines who will move on to eventually qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer.
How to watch WST Dubai Park 2024 live on Olympics.com
Livestream coverage of WST Dubai Park 2024 will be available to watch worldwide on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and will begin with the semi-finals on Saturday 2 March and include the finals on Sunday 3 March.
Rankings and Schedule Info below via Olympics.com
The event will be the last chance for skaters to accrue points towards their Olympic World Skate Ranking (OWSR) before a cut is made - using those rankings - ahead of the second phase of qualification, the Olympic Qualifying Series (OQS).
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 one highest-placed athlete from each continent for the representation of all continents
At least one highest-placed athlete who is a national of the Olympic Games 2024 host country France
At least one highest-placed eligible athlete who is a national of the OQS host country, (People’s Republic of China and Hungary)
At least one Universality places eligible athletes
The stakes, therefore, going into Dubai are high with spots in the next stage of qualification on the line.
USA’s Minna Stess is pre-seeded and ranked #1 in the USA - Image via World Skate SB
WOMEN’S - PRE-SEEDED SKATERS:
The top five seeded skaters in the OWSR will skip the qualifiers and join the contest in the quarter-final phase.
Hiraki Cocona (JPN)
Kusaki Hinano (JPN)
Sky Brown (GBR) - not competing
Raicca Ventura (BRA)
Minna Stess (USA)
WOMEN’S SCHEDULE
Sunday 25 February
Women’s practice
Monday 26 February
Women’s practice
Tuesday 27 February
Women’s practice
Pre-seeded women’s practice
Wednesday 28th February
Women’s Open QualifierPre-seeded women’s practice
Thursday 29th February
Pre-seeded women’s practice
Friday 1 March
Women’s Quarter-final practices
Women’s Quarter-final
Saturday 2 March
Women’s Semi-final practices
Women’s Semi-final - LIVE!!!
Sunday 3 March
Women’s Final practice
Women’s Final. - LIVE!!!