Sky Brown: 13 things you need to know about the 13-year-old skateboarding star

Brown won skateboarding bronze at the World Championships, but also surfs, sings and dances
Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8
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For Sky Brown, life will never be the same again.

The limelight is nothing new for the 13-year-old, who has grown up with media attention and is a future superstar for the digital age in a sport which could become a mainstay of the Olympic scene.

On Wednesday she could become not just an Olympic champion, but the youngest ever Olympic champion.

Here are 13 things you need to know about Britain’s next big star.

She is Team GB’s youngest ever athlete

Brown will make history when she steps out at the Ariake Urban Sports Park, breaking Margery Hinton’s 93-year-old record to become the youngest athlete to represent Team GB.

Hinton was 13 years and 44 days when she swam at the…

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