Rayssa Leal Won Olympic Medal At 13. You May Know Her From This Old Viral Video

A video of Brazil’s Rayssa Leal had gone viral in 2015 when she, as a seven-year-old, tried to land on her heelflip while jumping over a set of stairs

The official handle of the Olympics used a popular meme template to congratulate Brazil's Rayssa Leal, who won the silver medal in the first women's street skateboarding event in Tokyo on Monday. Sharing images of the young achiever as an amateur skateboarder, dressed as a fairy, and as a professional holding her board at the Olympics, the Committee's Twitter handle said, “How it started” and “How it's going”. The Committee followed it up with an “updated” image which showed the athlete with her silver medal. She was among the teenage skateboarders who bagged the top three spots in the event's inaugural appearance at the Summer Games this year. How it started: How it's going: pic.twitter.com/CgnwTnBXEn Updated: pic.twitter.com/O6uAkppJrs I believe in fairies, I do, I do! Congrats Girl! You can be inspiration to many young children in world. Love from India a maior sim! pic.twitter.com/u2P6jWbCuB An Olympic medalist at 13? The thought is just as gnarly in itself. Butterfly skates ???????????? Even before her Olympic triumph, Ms Leal had gained immense popularity as a seven-year-old. A video of hers, which had gone viral in 2015, showed her trying to land on her heelflip while jumping over a set of stairs. She failed in her first two attempts, possibly getting hurt, too. But on her third try, she managed a perfect landing.