Sky Brown continued her stunning start to 2023 with a storming victory at the World Skate Pro Tour Championships in San Juan on Sunday.
Britain’s youngest ever Summer Olympian reigned supreme in Argentina at the second Olympic qualifying event for Paris 2024, cementing her spot as the world’s No.1.
That followed Brown’s unprecedented success earlier this year when the 14-year-old became Great Britain’s first skateboarding world champion in Sharjah in February.
Brown, who became Britain's youngest Olympic medallist when she won a brilliant bronze in Tokyo, took the title in the first event of the World Skateboarding Pro Tour with a best score of 90.84 – more than four points ahead of the rest of the field.
"I am so stoked. It's so cool watching all the girls just take it to another level. They were all in the 80s. It's just so cool to see," said Brown.
"It's so inspiring and it just makes me want to push even harder. I had the best time.”
🥇 GOLD for Sky 🥇
— Skateboard GB (@SkateboardGB) May 28, 2023
Massive congratulations to Sky Brown, who finished in 1st place at the Olympic Qualifying event in Argentina.
Sky put down an unbelievable final run to secure her pole position and cements her No. 1 world ranking.
📸 : Piero Capannini / World Skate pic.twitter.com/v53DfOZjzX
The top seed put down seamless runs in the semi-finals and finals, delivering a compelling combination of tricks with a high level of difficulty to guarantee a spot on the podium.
She had already set the pace during her initial runs on Sunday, scoring 85 and 87.
She then cranked up the level of difficulty on her victory lap, going 0.01 better than the score of 90.83 which saw her become world champion and overtake Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki for the prime spot in the lead up to the Olympic Games next year.
Australia's Ruby Trew finished second on 86.16, while Brazilian Raicca Oliveira scored 85.17 to claim third place.
The event featured 179 skateboarders bidding to claim ranking points towards qualifying for Paris 2024, with Brown now holding the most Olympic qualifying points of any skateboarder in the world.
James Hope-Gill, CEO at Skateboard GB, said: “Sky’s achievements continue to amaze us and this recent win puts her in a great place for the rest of the Olympic qualifying season. We are really proud of all the GB skaters competing here this week and the progression they have made."
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