Olympics: Teen skateboard stars Trew, Brown embrace Japanese roots

While back-to-back silver medalist Cocona Hiraki was the sole Team Japan member on the women's park skateboarding podium at the Paris Games, new Olympic champion Arisa Trew and bronze medalist Sky Brown also trace their roots to the country.Fourteen-year-old Australian prodigy Trew and 16-year-old British star Brown have Japanese mothers and both feel a warm connection to Japan.Born in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, the now-California-based Brown repeated as bronze medalist after reaching the podium three years ago when skateboarding made its Olympic debut in Tokyo.Although she learned to sk…READ FULL ARTICLE