Gavin Bottger is third consecutive U.S. man to win skateboarding park world title

Gavin Bottger, 16, became the third consecutive American skateboarder to win the men’s park world title.

The U.S. took half the medals between the men’s and women’s finals in Rome on Sunday.

Bottger, making victory headlines since at least age 11, beat a field that included countryman Jagger Eaton, the defending world champion who was fourth on Sunday.

Bottger was followed by silver medalist . . .