12-year-old Thai skateboarder gears up for Olympic debut

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  • 2 months ago
At an indoor skatepark in central Bangkok, 12-year-old Vareeraya Sukasem gazes down the concrete ramp and in one smooth swift motion, propels her pink skateboard towards her target -– a steel handrail. The young Thai skateboarder, who will be one of the youngest athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics in August, is drilling her signature move, known as "the feeble".

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00:00I was so happy when my mom told me that I'd made it to the Olympics.
00:27I really want to do it.
00:33I don't have time to think about it now.
00:37I have to finish what I have to do before I can think about it.
00:40But I really want to see the Olympics.
00:57But at first, I didn't like it.
01:07I was like, why am I doing this?
01:11It's so difficult.
01:13And I felt lonely.

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