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Sports Wettstein finishes 6th in Olympic women’s park final Sports Arena property moves By Bill Slane
ENCINITAS — 17-yearold Encinitas resident Bryce Wettstein finished in sixth place Tuesday night in the first-ever women’s park skateboarding event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. However, few could say Wettstein did not have the most fun during the event at Ariake Park in Tokyo. The eighth-ranked women’s skater in the world, Wettstein finished with the fifth-best overall score coming out of the preliminary rounds to qualify for the final round of the event. Before the final round began, as the qualifying athletes were introduced, Wettstein stood in line happily strumming her ukulele, the pressure of a world stage seemingly inconsequential to the young skater. Following her first run of the finals, Wettstein earned a 44.50 score from the judges to lead the pack for a period of time. However, the Japanese trio of Sakura Yosozumi, Kokona Hiraki and topranked Misugu Okamoto, along with Great Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, all had outstanding days to top the
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was the most incredible club I ever played. Playing to crowds from 500 to 750plus was the greatest rush I ever had. Keeping people dancing for hours at a time was no easy task. “Saturday Night Fever” hit the movie screens and I was off to the races (literally). That summer was my introduction to Del Mar and horse racing. *** Celebrity has always been around me. People always ask me about the people I met. It all began in Los Angeles in 1973. I got
BRYCE WETTSTEIN didn’t medal in her trip to Tokyo but nobody can deny that the San Dieguito Academy student didn’t make the most of her Olympic skateboarding experience. Photo courtesy of USA Skateboarding/Anthony Acosta
field. try while Brown took home Yosozumi and Hiraki bronze after a spectacular took home the gold and sil- final run of the round. ver medals for the host counWettstein did not comhired to work at the most incredible and star-studded clothing store, Fred Segal, on Melrose and Crescent Heights. I was 21 years old meeting superstars in all facets of Hollywood, selling jeans. My customers were Curtis Mayfield, Carole King, Peter Sellers, Sly and the Family Stone, Richard Pryor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, among other big-timers! *** But one of my most favorite moments was in 1992 when I met Don Ameche in the paddock at Del Mar and introduced myself. Felix? That’s my middle name, he replied. We talked about his
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plete a clean run after her first attempt but did not show any signs of disappointment. Following her third and last run of the final round, after taking what appeared to be a tough fall, Wettstein gleefully continued to skate even though the fall meant the end of her round, unwilling to let an Olympic moment go to waste. Wettstein was joined in the event by fellow Encinitas resident and friend, Brighton Zeuner, also 17. Zeuner’s top score of 34.06 was good for 12th best during the preliminary heats but not enough for one of the eight spots in the final round. Likewise, Oceanside resident Jordyn Barratt tallied a top score of 35.22 in the preliminary heats, which also fell short of qualification. This year was the first time that skateboarding was included as an event in the history of the Olympic Games. Just hours before the women’s park event, Zeuner was featured in a segment on NBC’s “Nightly News with Lester Holt.”
a step closer to redevelopment By City News Service
REGION — The San Diego City Council on Aug. 3 declared the San Diego Sports Arena redevelopment area as “surplus land,” beginning the process to correct a previous real estate deal that failed to prioritize affordable housing in the development of the property. “Today’s action is a step in the right direction to redevelop the Sports Arena area legally, transparently and responsibly,” Mayor Todd Gloria said. “We are going to seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to revitalize
the Midway District with housing San Diegans can afford and a true entertainment district anchored by a new arena.” The Sports Arena redevelopment area encompasses 48.5 acres in the Midway-Pacific Highway Community area. The San Diego Sports Arena (now known as Pechanga Arena) opened in November 1966 and has hosted major sporting events and music concerts. It is the current home of the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls as well as indoor football and soccer teams.
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