Despite the fact that she was heavily strapped, she put on a show full of grit and flair.
Sitting just outside the podium places after an opening 80.57, she upped the intensity of her routine with each round, hoping to improve on her medal from Tokyo 2020, until the final skater, Hiraki, pipped her.
Nonetheless, the bronze medal is a fantastic feat for the British boarder, who just returned to the skatepark after failing to qualify for the surfing competition in March.
“This journey has been crazy with lots of downs but lots of ups,” she told me.
Since Tokyo, I’ve learned a lot. I was one spot away from qualifying for surfing. It made me stronger. I am quite excited. I wasn’t sure I’d make it here.
In April, she suffered a tear to the medial collateral ligament in her right knee as part of a stormy buildup to Paris.
However, at the age of 16, Brown has already won two Olympic medals.
