VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Chloe Covell, the 13-year-old Australian skateboarding prodigy, has won the women's street competition at the X Games.
Covell earned the biggest victory of her nascent career Saturday at the coastal Ventura County Fairgrounds, where she became the youngest winner in the X Games' street skating discipline. Covell beat a strong field including Olympic gold medalist Momiji Nishiya of Japan and Brazilian star Leticia Bufoni.
Covell already won a bronze medal in Chiba, Japan, and a silver medal in California last year in the X Games, becoming the youngest skater with two podium finishes in the competition's history.
After another year of growth and improvement, she won gold in Ventura with an impressive final run that included a heel flip down a flight of stairs and a 50-50 kickflip.
Gui Khury is still the youngest gold medalist in X Games history after winning the men’s best vert trick competition at 12 years old in 2021.
Covell started skating at 6 years old after seeing American star Nyjah Huston while she watched the X Games on television with her father. She has shot to the top of the sport in the past two years, putting her in prime position to earn a spot in the Paris Olympics next year.
Japan's Liz Akama won silver in women's street in Ventura, and Nishiya took bronze after falling early in her final run.
U.S. Olympian Jagger Eaton won the men's street competition at the X Games.
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