Asian Games gold medalist Margielyn Didal placed fifth in the Street League Skateboarding World Tour last Sunday.
It was the highest finish that a Filipino athlete has reached in the sport when action ended at the CA Skateparks Training Facility in Los Angeles.
The 20-year-old Didal scored 21.2 in the women’s finals.
Didal, who hails from Cebu City, got a higher score over former world champion and five-time Summer X Games gold medalist Leticia Bufoni of Brazil, who had points.
Her score is expected to increase her Tokyo 2020 Olympics ranking points.
It was 11-year-old Brazilian prodigy Rayssa Leal who claimed the top honors with a score of 23.3.
US bet Alana Smith settled for silver with 22.5, while defending champion Aori Nishimura of Japan fell to 3rd place after outperforming Brazil’s Pamela Rosa off a tiebreak (22.1).