It was resilience on a heroic scale. Sky Brown defied a dislocated shoulder – which popped out two hours before her women’s skateboarding park final – to secure an emotion-fuelled bronze for Britain.

At just 13 years old, skateboarder Sky Brown already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. In addition to being the youngest participant in the Summer Olympics in Great Britain’s history, she ...

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