12-Year-Old Boy from Brazil Becomes the Youngest X Games Gold Medalist in Sporting Event's History

Gui Khury.Photo: Gui Khury/ Instagram

A 12-year-old boy from Brazil has made skateboarding history.

Posting to Instagram after his win, Khury shared a playful snapshot of himself biting the gold medal, writing, “OMG!!🥇Best Trick @xgames,” alongside thepost.

During the Vert Best Trick competition at the event in Vista, California, Khury beat out eight others, including skateboarding legendTony Hawk, who was a surprise entry in the competition.

The event was held at the CA Training Facility (CATF), “the world’s only high-performance center for skateboarding,” perForbes.

When asked during a broadcast why he came out of retirement to skate in the competition, Hawk explained, “If you build it, I will come.”

“There’s a serious lack of vert events nowadays and I gotta support it as best I can,” he added. “If that means getting involved, I’m in!”

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Khury — whose full name is Guilherme Khury — has made history on other occasions in the past as well.

The young skating star previously became the first to land a 1080 on a traditional competition-size vert ramp last year, perBleacher Report.

source: people.com