Olympics: Brazil's 'Little Fairy' skateboard star is an instant hit
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Olympics: Brazil's 'Little Fairy' skateboard star is an instant hit
Brazilian teenager Rayssa Leal smiles during her prelimary round run at the Tokyo Olympics street skateboarding competition AFP/Lionel BONAVENTURE
27 Jul 2021 05:40AM
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SAO PAULO: Everything seems to work like magic for Rayssa Leal, the 13-year-old Olympic skateboarding silver medalist nicknamed "Fadinha" or "Little Fairy."
Leal was pipped to street skateboarding gold in Tokyo by fellow 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan but her silver was enough to turn the prodigious Brazilian talent into a national icon.