Team GB’s Sky Brown shook off a shoulder injury to win bronze in the women’s skateboarding park final.
The 16-year-old had been seen clutching her dislocated shoulder suffered last week after falling during Tuesday’s preliminary round.
Brown risked further aggrevating it after a fall at the end of her first run in the final but showed no signs of any issues in a superb final run which earned her the bronze medal.
A sensational score of 92.31 placed her on the podium, with Australia’s Arisa Trew, 14, taking gold with 93.18 and Japan’s Kokona Hiraki scoring 92.63 for silver.
It was Brown’s second Olympic medal after also winning bronze in Tokyo as a 13-year-old three years ago, while she won gold at the World Championships last year and bronze in 2019.
Back-to-back bronze! 🥉
After dislocating her shoulder only days ago, Sky Brown brings home another bronze at #PARIS2024 👏 PIC.TWITTER.COM/KJHBFTHPGF
— Team GB (@TeamGB) AUGUST 6, 2024
Spendolini-Sirieix misses out on medal
There was disappointment for GB diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix in the women’s 10m platform final.
The 19-year-old, who won bronze in the 10m synchro final last week, finished sixth in the overall standings, with Quan Hongchan of China winning gold.
Spendolini-Sirieix looked visibly upset when leaving the pool but the teenager insisted she was not upset about the result as she opened up on her mental health issues.
She said: “Three years ago I didn’t even want to be alive, so today I’m just happy that I am alive, I’m breathing and I’ve got my family to support me …
“After Tokyo, it was really scary time for myself, and so that’s why I treasure every morning, because it’s like my eyes have woken up.
“I’ve got breath. I’ve got food on the table. I’ve got water in my cup, and I’ve got a roof over my head. So, you know, sometimes the Olympic medal isn’t everything.
“We’ve got other things, so we really should be more thankful for and those are the things that we unfortunately take for granted … I feel like there’s a lot of struggles there. Everyone doesn’t see and that we push through silently.”
