Sky Brown and Andy Macdonald bridge 35-year gapWidest age range for an Olympic skateboarding team
Spend any period of time speaking to those involved with Team GB’s skateboarding setup and the chances are an often repeated phrase will emerge. “Age is just a number” is not a novel mantra. But it has rarely been more apt in a sporting context than for Britain’s skateboarding contingent heading for the Paris Olympics this month.
At one end of the scale is Sky Brown, a teenage veteran who won bronze at the Tokyo Games weeks after her 13th birthday to become Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist. She will be 16 when she looks to upgrade that medal to gold at the Place de la Concorde, the same age as her GB teammate Lola Tambling.
