Thirteen-year-old Sky Brown has become Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist after taking the bronze medal in the women’s skateboard park event at the Ariake Urban Arena in Tokyo. In a remarkable finish, Brown kick flipped her way into the history books by posting a score of 56.47 in her third and final attempt to come in behind Sakura Yosozumi and her 12-year-old Japanese counterpart Kokona Hiraki. Yosozumi, 19, topped the podium with a score of 60.09, while Hiraki’s 59.04 proved enough for her to claim silver—eclipsing Brown to become the youngest Olympic medallist in 85 years. Brown’s achievement is all the more stunning considering the fractured skull and broken bones she suffered during a horrific fall in training last year. Born in Miyazaki, Japan, to a Japanese mother and British father, Brown competed at the U.S. Open in 2016 at the age of eight, and first elected to compete for …
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