Last week it was in the street competition, on Wednesday it was British prodigy Sky Brown and Australian Poppy Starr Olsen in the women's park event.

Finally, on day 13 of the Olympics, Woolley has his chance to hit the concrete and push for gold.

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The Minnamurra teenager is determined to follow in Olsen's footsteps and progress to the final of the men's park event. Once there, he knows all it takes is one clean run to challenge for a medal.

"My personal goal is to do the best I can," Woolley said. "Obviously I will try to come away with a medal. If I can lay down the best run I can, my best tricks, I'll be happy with what I've done.

"I will start with a safe run. That's what I do at most competitions, I'll stick with the same formula and then I'll build from there."

Woolley has been in the United States since May, a trip that quickly took a turn for the worse when some of the Australian team tested positive for coronavirus.

That saw the nation's riders ruled out of the final qualifiers, leading to a nervous wait for the 17-year-old.

In the end Woolley had done enough to compete in Tokyo and he has since spent the past few months working on his tricks to ensure he is in top form at the Olympics.

Adding to the challenge of the event is the lack of training time skateboarders receive in the event bowl.

The athletes had just five hours on the course-proper before Thursday's competition, a major difference to many other events that allow unlimited practice time.

Each rider receives three 45-second runs in the heats, the top eight progressing to the final later in the day and Woolley is confident he has a number of tricks that will impress the judges.

"When I'm practicing, I'm mostly coming up with it on the fly but in Tokyo I have runs set to exactly what I want to do and I'm practicing that most sessions.

"The skatepark has lots of unique features, it's pretty crazy, a lot bigger than a normal standard skatepark.

"I've learnt from past competitions to relax. I skate my best when I'm confident and not stressing over things."