Skateboarder Sky Brown to miss Olympic Qualifier Series event due to knee injury – Thetford & Brandon Times

The 15-year-old sustained a MCL tear in her knee, according to NBC, and will subsequently miss the series, which starts in Shanghai on Thursday.

She told NBC: Every injury Ive had, Ive come back stronger. So this is just my time to really think about what I want to do next. It really puts a fire in my heart, and yeah, it happens, it is part of life.

Brown claimed park skateboard bronze at just 13 years old in the sports debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

She is currently ranked number three in the Olympic World Skate rankings behind Japanese duo Cocona Hiraki and Hinano Kusaki, the former of whom earned silver in the park skateboard event in Tokyo.

Brown had hoped to represent Team GB at this years Paris Olympics in both surfing and skateboarding, but failed to qualify at the ISA World Surfing Games in March.

It is expected that she will return in time for the second Olympic Qualifier Series event, which takes place in Budapest next month, and she hopes to medal again in Paris.

Brown added: Since the [last] Olympics, Ive won every event and I dont want to lose that streak. So Im going to keep going to try to get gold in every event, especially the Olympics.

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