British skateboarding sensation Sky Brown has become world champion for a second time after winning the gold medal in Sunday’s world championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Brown benefitted from rain disruption when the event organisers called off the final's third run due to the conditions, with the 17-year-old leading the standings with a score of 88.16 at the time.
World Skate had reportedly given a 7pm (11pm GMT) deadline for the competition to restart, though the remainder was called off due to “adverse weather conditions and recurrent rainfall”.
Japan's Mizuho Hasegawa took silver with 84.36, with American Minna Stess claiming bronze with a score of 83.90. Spain’s Egoitz Bijueska retained his title in the men’s competition.
Speaking after her win, Brown said: "The level is crazy. I had to put a lot down to get here, but I am definitely bummed how we couldn't fully do a final.
“To win, to be a world champion on International Women's Day definitely means a lot, but there are bigger things going on,” she explained to World Skate.
“This feels huge and I am so thankful but there are bigger things, I just pray for peace,” she added.
Brown came onto the scene at the age of 13 when she became Great Britain's youngest Olympic medal winner of all time, winning park bronze at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games and going on to win the 2021 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.
And she later became Great Britain’s first ever skateboarding world champion, winning park gold in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in 2023, at the age of just 14.
More recently, the 17-year-old won bronze again in the park event in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and she has previously stated her desire to go for gold at the next games in Los Angeles in 2028.
