Paris Olympics 2024: Chloe Covell does Australia proud as youngest competitor in street skateboarding final

Australia’s youngest Olympic competitor has vowed to come back better and stronger after she was unable to finish among the medal placings in the women’s street skateboarding final.

14-year-old Chloe Covell came into the competition as a medal fancy, ranked sixth in the world, but the pressure and emotion of her debut Olympics, as well as unreal skating from Japanese pair Coco Yoshizawa (gold) and Liz Akama (silver), proved too much.

However, Covell didn’t lose fans and likely gained plenty as she stuck true to the Aussie spirit, stubbornly putting her dreams on the line with aggressive tricks and gunning for gold.