6/10/2023 0 Comments Keeping 13 chloe walshTo be here now and be winning medals, it’s crazy to think.” “When I first started watching I was like six or seven and I saw Nyjah Huston and just as soon as I saw him, I wanted to start skating. That it has now become a playground for her is not lost on the young skater: The contest was the reason the Australian first ever started skating, having been inspired after watching it to pick up a board. Returning to Japan as the youngest-ever athlete to win two X Games medals before the age of 13, it would be easy to say that Covell has a special connection with the event.īut it runs deeper than that. All the people are really nice, it’s super clean and I’m stoked to be back.” “Japan is one of my favourite places to come. “It’s great to be back here,” Covell told ahead of the competition start. Just 12 at the time, the result was a breakthrough moment for the young skater launching a string of international podium finishes including most recently a silver at the World Skate Street Skateboarding Championships in Sharjah. One year on from the X Games medal that kickstarted 13-year-old street skateboarder Chloe Covell’s stunning rise, the Australian has returned to Japan with an eye on more success.Īt the inaugural X Games Chiba 12 months ago newcomer Covell put the world on notice when she clinched bronze in the women’s street contest.
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