Skateboarding: Briton Sky Brown, 11, takes bronze at world c'ships with eye on Tokyo Olympics

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(THE GUARDIAN) - Sky Brown, the 11-year-old British skateboarding prodigy who is on track to become the youngest female from her country at the Summer Olympics, won bronze at the world championships in Brazil on Saturday (Sept 14).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

- Sky Brown, the 11-year-old British skateboarding prodigy who is on track to become the youngest female from her country at the Summer Olympics, won bronze at the world championships in Brazil on Saturday .

Brown, who topped the leaderboard after the first of four final runs, posted her best tally in the last round with a score of 58.13 to reach the podium. Raised in Japan by a British father and Japanese mother, Brown is aiming to become the youngest female Olympian since Chinese ice dancer Liu Luyang in 1988 and the youngest female Summer Olympian since Puerto Rican swimmer Liana Vicens in 1968.

 

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