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Alan Johnson

Skateboarder Sky Brown becomes Team GB's youngest ever summer Olympian medallist

Sky Brown has become Great Britain's youngest ever summer Olympic medal winner aged just 13 years and 28 days.

The teenager won bronze in the women’s park skateboarding final at the Ariake Urban Arena in Tokyo with a score of 56.47 from her third and final run - after falling in her first two attempts.

Brown had already broken Margery Hinton's 93-year-old record to become the youngest athlete to represent Team GB at a summer Games.

Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki, meanwhile, secured gold and silver for host nation Japan, with the 12-year old latter becoming the youngest Olympic medallist in 85 years.

Favourite Misugu Okamoto fell on her final run and missed out on the podium.

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