13-year-old Momiji Nishiya creates the record of youngest gold medallists in Olympic history

Thirteen-year-old skateboarder Momiji Nishiya of Japan claimed victory on Monday in the women's street skateboarding event at the Tokyo Olympics, making her one of the youngest-ever Olympic gold medalists.

Not only is she one of the games' youngest competitors, but she is also Japan's youngest-ever gold medalist, according to Japan Times.

In the women's street skateboarding event, the competition came down to Nishiya and 13-year old Rayssa Leal from Brazil at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.

Leal botched her landing coming down a rail, while Nishiya nailed her landing, ushering her to Olympic victory.

The Osaka native won with a score of 15.26, while Leal took home silver with 14.64, and 16-year-old Funa Nakayama, also from Japan, took home bronze with a score of 14.49.