11-year-old British skateboarding sensation Sky Brown ready to star at Tokyo 2020
By AFP
14 January 2020 |
8:54 am
Sky Brown is only 11 years old, but she already dreams of making her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. "People think that you're too young, you can't do it, and I want to show them that it doesn't matter about your size or your age," she says.
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