Great Britain's Sky Brown, 13, claimed the bronze medal in Wednesday's park skating competition with her last run of the day. It meant the three skaters on the podium had a combined aged of 44.
Ariake Urban Sports Park, Tokyo With three gold medals from three events, Tokyo's Ariake Urban Sports Park has been a home from home for Japanese skateboarders at the Tokyo Olympics.
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.
11-year-old skateboarder posts video of horrific fall 01:18"That accident was really bad," said Brown."It was a hard time for my parents. It was a hard time for a lot of people. Coming back and getting bronze is really so cool. I'm really happy. It really made me stronger."Brown now plans to unwind from the competition by going surfing -- a sport she hopes to compete in at the 2024 Olympics alongside skateboarding.Visit CNN.
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