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Best, worst in sports in 2016

WASHINGTON — As unprecedented as 2016 was in so many ways, it was a truly special year in sports. Longtime title droughts were busted while world records fell in Rio. Oh, and plenty of bad things happened, too.

The WTOP Sports staff collected an entirely arbitrary list of some of the best, worst, weirdest and wildest moments that 2016 had to offer.

How 11-year-old Gui Khury made skateboarding history with first 1080 on a vertical ramp

Even before he was born, Gui Khury owned a skateboard, and even before he could walk, Khury was learning to skate. "I saw this mini skateboard made for kids and I went crazy so that was his first toy," Khury's father Ricardo tells CNN Sport.
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