Sky Brown vowed to push through the pain barrier after sustaining a new injury during qualifying for the women’s park skateboard final later on Tuesday at La Concorde.
The 16-year-old laid down a score of 84.75 on her first run which proved enough to put her through to the final in fourth place, but raised concerns after falling heavily in the last of her three runs.
Brown was helped from the bowl with an apparent right shoulder injury which is unconnected to the left shoulder she dislocated in training last month and which at one point put her second Olympic appearance in doubt.
Carefully nursing her injury and appearing close to tears, Brown said: “It was scary falling and feeling it. Definitely it’s a little sore but I’m going to push through.
“I’m just going to fight through it for all the girls. It’s why I started competing and it’s why I wanted to be at the Olympics, to fight for them and show them they can do it too.”
Tokyo silver medallist Cocona Hiraki topped the qualifying standings with a score of 88.07, but defending champion Sakura Yosozumi missed out on the final by two places.
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