Berliner Tageblatt - 'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder

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'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder / Photo: © AFP

'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder

SPORTS 25.09.2023

She probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead Mazel Paris Alegado -- aged nine -- competed in skateboarding at the Asian Games on Monday.

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Alegado, thought to be the youngest athlete at the Games in Hangzhou and representing the Philippines, qualified for the "women's" park final and came seventh out of eight.

Japan's Hinano Kusaki, a comparative veteran at 15, won gold.

Alegado, who turned nine in March and reportedly comes from California, said she got into skateboarding when she saw her brother doing it while they were at a cousin's house.

"And I was like, 'Can I try? Can I try?'" she said. "And I got on the board and just loved it."

Talking on her feelings about taking part in a major international competition, Alegado said: "I was so excited because I was about to skate the Asian Games -- and I just did, so it was so fun!"

Asked if her brother still skates, she replied: "No because he was like, 'Oh dang, she's better than me now', so he stopped."

In the final, Alegado avoided the wooden spoon, which instead went to Taiwanese 11-year-old Lin Yi-fan.

B.Shevchenko--BTB

Berliner Tageblatt - 'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder

'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder

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