Record-breaker Brown ready to double up on boards in LA

SKY BROWN battled to a brave bronze in yesterday's skateboarding park final, then immediately set her sights on becoming a two-sport Olympian in Los Angeles in four years' time.

- Malik Ouzia

Brown overcame a heavy qualifying fall on the shoulder she had dislocated less than a fortnight ago to make the podium for the second time, becoming the youngest Team GB athlete to win medals at multiple Games.

The 16-year-old, who will now undergo surgery on her shoulder, also attempted to qualify for the surfing at these Olympics, competing at the World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico in March.

Doing so may have been a logistical impossibility in any case, given the women's medals were awarded only in the early hours of yesterday morning, almost 10,000 miles away from Paris, in Tahiti.