Trew to form, win sees teen 'drop in' to Paris contention

Setting a Guinness world record and winning a Laureus sports award at the age of 13? Few would've imagined it possible, but skateboarding prodigy Arisa Trew has done both and is harboring hopes of achieving something bigger and better.

A native of Queensland's Gold Coast, Trew has now set her sights on a quota place to represent Australia at Paris 2024, a trick she's determined to tackle. And she's well on course to nailing it after winning the penultimate Olympic qualifier in Shanghai.

Riding up against a more established group of Japanese skaters, led by Tokyo 2020 champion Sakura Yosozumi, Trew proved her Olympic ambition is within reach after scoring a field-high 91.16 points from her second run in the final to win the women's park event at the qualifier series' first leg on Sunday, one week after turning 14 years old.