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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
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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.
Brazil s Little Fairy skateboard star is an instant hit
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