They could have been teenage girls giggling at the latest TikTok video of a dancing cat. Instead, Sakura Yosozumi, Kokona Hiraki and Sky Brown were on a podium, with Olympic medals around their necks, trying to explain how it felt to win gold, silver and bronze on skateboards with a combined age of 44. Sponsored“That’s the cutest press conference ever,” one journalist said as the three swapped jokes and talked about being best friends and how they had helped each other through Olympic competition. At 19, 12 and 13 respectively, it was one of the youngest, and certainly most gleeful, podiums ever. Moves included a Japan air, big stalefish in the deep end and a 50/50 grind TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER MARC ASPLANDIf you ever wondered if it is possible to be among

Source: The Times August 04, 2021 05:30 UTC