Fay De Fazio Ebert squeezed her mom's hand, and then went for it. The 14-year-old skateboarder and youngest athlete on Canada's Olympic team in Paris had briefly considered playing it safe and leaving the kickflip indy out of her third and final pass through the skate park Tuesday.
Canada's Fay Ebert competes in the women's park skateboarding preliminaries at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. PARIS -- Fay De Fazio Ebert squeezed her mom's hand, and then went for it.
Canada's lone female skateboarder in Paris missed the move and didn't produce a score on her third and final run to get into the top eight finalists. "Because she had one run left, she didn't know whether she wanted to do the kick indy at the end, or just do the safe run," Elisabeth said. De Fazio Ebert also gave Canada Skateboard high-performance director Adam Higgins a long hug before her third attempt.
"I don't get to stay in the village, but I get to see the village and go around," she said. "I don't get to sleep there, but it's so sick. Her other duck Nexo, has since died, so De Fazio Ebert skated Tuesday with one of Nexo's feathers in her pocket.The Canadian wasn't the youngest athlete in Tuesday's field. China's Zheng Haohao, 11, also finished outside the top eight.
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