Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew is already at the top of the world.
The 14-year-old athlete captured gold in the womens park skateboarding final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to become her countrys youngest medalist, the Australian Olympic Team noted .
Im just so excited. Its like just so many emotions at once, she told the Sydney Morning Herald .
Trew skated her way to a first-place 93.18 routine on her final run , which prompted perhaps the sports greatest icon, Tony Hawk, to gush (per the Herald):
She absolutely deserved it. Shes leading the way of whats possible in skateboarding and in womens skateboarding And were just lucky to have her.
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