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AGGRESSIVE IN-LINE VERT FINALS: ON LAST RUN, OLDER BROTHER NO. 1.


Byline: - Ross Siler

Before he took off on the last run of Sunday's Aggressive In-Line Vert finals, Eito Yasutoko got a handshake handshake - handshaking  and fist bump from his younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
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 Takeshi, in position to win the gold medal gold medal

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 with an almost insurmountable score of 95.75.

It was a good-luck gesture from 17-year-old Takeshi to his older brother, three years his senior. But by the end of his run, Eito had shown that age still accounts for something.

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 during his first run, Eito landed three double backflips - including a double-backflip 180 - on his run and won his third X Games X Games Sports medicine The official Olympics of 'extreme sports' sponsored by ESPN, held annually during the summer. See Extreme sports.  gold in Vert with a career-high score of 97.25.

``Takeshi always brings pressure for me because he is younger,'' Eito said. ``Every day we talk about skating. I know everything he's doing and he knows everything I am. We have no secrets.''

Takeshi fell on his second-round run, leaving the door open for Eito. The two brothers - one dressed in white, the other dressed in black for the finals - have combined to win 10 X Games medals. Eito won his two previous Vert golds in 2000 and 1999.

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Eito Yasutoko, pictured, won the gold medal in Aggressive In-Line Vert on Sunday, and his brother Takeshi took the silver.

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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Statistical Data Included
Date:Aug 18, 2003
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