Teen skateboarder rolls down the Champs-Elysees in a bid to make Olympic history

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Teen skateboarder rolls down the Champs-Elysees in a bid to make Olympic history
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Chloe Covell is too young to sleep in the athletes’ village, and yet she’s a key part of one of the biggest skateboarding teams in Paris.

While most teenagers are back at school, Chloe Covell picked up her board and skated along the most famous avenue in Paris, Les Champs-Elysees, on Monday.

The diminutive Australian, with her long, blonde locks, was dwarfed by the city’s iconic apartments as she coasted along the footpath, past cafes set with wicker chairs, and Metro stations.At the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, she rolled around for the cameras – capturing the imagination of one 10-year- old French girl who has been inspired to pick up a skateboard.

Covell, 14, has spent plenty of time in Europe for competitions. But Paris has been eye-opening, even for this young woman of the world as she takes in the scale of the Olympics and the sights of the Olympic village“I’m definitely a little nervous because it’s like the biggest stage I guess, the biggest competition, and there’s like just famous people walking around everywhere, but also very excited,” she said, citing tennis stars among the athletes who have particularly caught her attention .

The street skaters were given an image of their course a few weeks ago but will see it for the first time on Monday afternoon, local time. They get limited opportunity to practise before their event. “Every course is different,” said O’Neill. “The size is different. The dimensions and angles are different.”

They’re nervous, says O’Neill, but the nerves fade away when they begin to skate. As an elder of the team, he had no advice for Covell. “I think she has it covered, honestly she does,” he said. “As soon as she gets going, it’s business as usual.”

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