Skateboarder Brown wins silver in Olympic qualifier

At the age of 18, British skateboarder Sky Brown clinched the silver medal at the World Skate Games, marking her continued pursuit of a third Olympic Games qualification. In the women's park final, Brown scored 89.50 points, narrowly missing out on the gold to Japan's Mizuho Hasegawa, who achieved a perfect score of 91.00. The event, held in Asunción, Paraguay, was the second opportunity for skaters to earn World Skate ranking points towards qualifying for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, the third to host skateboarding.

In the Tokyo Olympics of 2021, Brown made history by becoming Great Britain's youngest medal winner at 13, earning a bronze medal. She repeated this achievement four years later at the Paris Olympics, also securing a bronze medal. Brown is a two-time world park champion, having won titles in 2023 and 2025. Her younger brother, Ocean Brown, competed in Paraguay for Great Britain in his first World Skate Games appearance but failed to advance past the heats.