Australia’s youngest gold medallist Arisa Trew is heading straight back to school after revealing she gave up her business class seat “with all the other medallists” on the charter flight home from France to sit with her friends in economy.
The 14-year-old became Australia’s youngest-ever gold medallist after taking out the skateboard park final and declared she wanted to get back to her local park as soon as possible, hoping her achievement inspires her peers to take up the sport.
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