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TOKYO : When Denmark's Rune Glifberg, nicknamed the 'Danish Destroyer', dropped into the concrete bowl to kick off the men's park skateboarding competition on Thursday, his rivals and team mates in stands erupted in cheers. At 46, Glifberg is the oldest skater competing in the men's contest on Thursday an

TOKYO : When Denmark's Rune Glifberg, nicknamed the"Danish Destroyer", dropped into the concrete bowl to kick off the men's park skateboarding competition on Thursday, his rivals and team mates in stands erupted in cheers.

Glifberg said he was"super happy" to be at the Olympics, something he would have dismissed as deeply uncool when he started skating in the 1980s and never imagined possible. Though the day's preliminaries were still underway, the Danish skater was at 18th place in the middle of the fourth heat. The top scoring eight athletes out of 20 skaters competing over four heats will advance to the finals.

"Dude, Rune's a legend, he's been in the game for a very long time," said Wright."For him to be here, competing at this level at the age he's at, him being able to hang with the little guys, it's amazing," he said.

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