Skaters Brown, 15, & Macdonald, 50, set for Paris

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Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist Sky Brown will purpose to amended connected her bronze from 2020 arsenic portion of Team GB's skateboarding squad astatine nan Paris Games.

Brown is joined by 50-year-old Andy Macdonald successful nan three-strong team, arsenic good arsenic 16-year-old Lola Tambling.

The 3 secured their spots astatine past month's Olympic Qualifier Series successful Budapest but were officially announced by nan British Olympic Association connected Monday.

Now 15 and a world champion, Brown won bronze aged 13 erstwhile nan parkland arena debuted astatine Tokyo 2020.

She is besides a double X Games champion and had been aiming to correspond Britain successful surfing astatine nan 2024 Games, but missed retired successful qualifying.

Macdonald has been skating professionally since 1994 and will beryllium nan first British antheral skateboarder astatine an Olympic Games aft qualifying past month.

Tambling, 16, won nan UK National Skateboarding Championship successful 2022 and came sixth successful past year's World Championship.

"It was awesome to witnesser skateboarding make its debut successful Tokyo, and we were thrilled to spot Sky make history arsenic nan youngest personification ever to triumph a badge for Team GB astatine nan Summer Games," Team GB cook de ngo Mark England said.

"It will beryllium thrilling to watch these 3 successful action successful Paris and I cannot hold to spot them showcase their repertoire of skills this summer."

The skateboarding events will return spot from 27 July to 7 August.

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