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Sky Brown: How 13-year-old British skateboarder was urged on to bronze by gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi - CNN

Sky Brown: How 13-year-old British skateboarder was urged on to bronze by gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi - CNN

Sky Brown: How 13-year-old British skateboarder was urged on to bronze by gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi - CNN
Aug 04, 2021 1 min, 6 secs

Sakura Yosozumi was the latest to top the podium as park skating's first ever Olympic champion, while her teammate, Kokona Hiraki, made history of her own as the youngest medalist since 1936 at the age of 12 years and 343 days.

Of the nine skateboarding medals handed out in Tokyo -- the first time the sport has featured in the Olympic program -- Japan has won five of them.

Great Britain's Sky Brown, 13, claimed the bronze medal in Wednesday's park skating competition with her last run of the day.

You just got to skate and go for it."

READ: The youngest and oldest Olympic athletes ever -- and at Tokyo 2020

Temperatures rise in Tokyo

A temporary concrete jungle of ramps, rails, bowls, and stairs, Tokyo's Ariake Urban Sports Park has now staged three skateboarding events at the Olympics.

They are accompanied by music and a stadium announcer who calls each trick from the sidelines.

When it came to crunch time in the park competition, all the medalists admitted to mostly feeling calm.

"We had so much fun and could do the tricks in a relaxed atmosphere," said Yosozumi.

That's the reason I could skate well."

Accident recovery

For Brown, who became Britain's youngest Olympic medalist at the age of 13 years and 20 days, participating in Tokyo comes off the back of a dangerous fall while training last year.

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