Teenage Skateboarder Sky Brown Makes History With Olympic Bronze

Great Britain’s Sky Brown takes the bronze medal during the Women’s Park Final at Ariake Sports Park on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, on Aug. 4, 2021. Adam Davy/PA

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.