In the summer of 2020, Sky Brown suffered a harrowing fall that left her hospitalized. She followed a third-placed finish at the Oi STU Open in Rio de Janeiro with second place at the Dew Tour this year.īut it was a winning skate at the National Championships, just months away fromr Olympic action got underway, that would see her into the Games.īrown is currently ranked third in the world, a comfortable distance from fourth, and medalling at Tokyo is well within her reach. The youngster has had a promising run up to the Olympic Games, particularly in the 2019-2021 season. Mentored by skating legend Tony Hawk, she would go on to ride Elliot Sloan’s 'mega ramp'. When she was just eight, she became the youngest person to compete in the Vans US Open before becoming the first female skater to land a frontside 540 at 11. She skateboards, she surfs, she dances, even winning popular American show ‘Dancing with the Stars: Junior’ – and now she’s an Olympian.īorn to a Japanese mother, Mieko, and British father, Stu, Brown has developed a habit of making history. Sky Brown is 13 and already a triple threat. GettyImages-1331621129 (2021 Getty Images) The rise of Sky Brown Yet by some ‘miracle’, Brown made a full recovery and is now set to debut at the Olympics in country where she was born. Last year she suffered life-threatening injuries that could have derailed her skateboard career and changed her life forever. Guy, also chasing a hat-trick of gold medals this week, swam his butterfly leg in a creditable 50.27s but was overtaken by the vaunted Caeleb Dressel, with American compatriot Zach Apple completing the job.Sky Brown is destined for history at Tokyo 2020.Īt 13 years and 11 days old, she had become the youngest athlete selected to represent Team GB at the Summer Olympics, breaking a record that stood for 93 years dating back to Margery Hinton (13 years and 43 days old) who swam at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.īut the road to Tokyo has not been without its challenges for the teen sensation. Greenbank, the 200m backstroke bronze medallist, was seventh after the opening leg, but Peaty, eyeing his third gold of these Olympics, swam a remarkable breaststroke split of 56.53s to take them into the lead. Scott has won gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay and silver in the solo event as well as finishing runner-up in the 200m individual medley, and it was another second spot on the podium on Sunday. Britain’s eighth medal - with four golds, three silvers and a bronze - in the final swimming event in the Japanese capital bettered their previous best tally in the pool of seven gongs, set at the London Games 113 years ago. Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Scott took silver in the men’s 4x100 metres medley relay final, finishing 0.73 seconds behind the United States, who claimed gold in a world record time of three minutes and 26.78 seconds. Duncan Scott became the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics as Team GB celebrated their best swimming haul at a Games.
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