It was resilience on a heroic scale. Sky Brown defied a dislocated shoulder – which popped out two hours before her women’s skateboarding park final – to secure an emotion-fuelled bronze for Britain.

You’ll remember the headlines doing the rounds when Sky Brown was crowned world champ last year: that she already had a million Instagram followers, a published book and a £3m Nike deal; that she had ...

Pro skater, surfing phenom, Dancing with the Stars juniors champion and determined philanthropist Sky Brown is poised to become Britain's youngest ever Olympian at the 2020 Tokyo Games.