PARIS — Fay De Fazio Ebert waited half her life to be an Olympian.

“When I was young, though, I was into track and field and cross-country, and I remember watching the games in Rio with Usain Bolt and Andre de Grasse, and I was like talking to my parents. I was like, ‘I want to go to the Olympics. When am I going?’ And I kept asking my parents, like, ‘when can I go to the Olympics?’ And my parents were like, ‘oh, you have to wait.’”

She struggled to land a kickflip Indy and wound up 20th in the park preliminary round in Paris.{ai:summary}At 14, Fay De Fazio Ebert is ready to race toward her Olympic dreams, a passion kindled by watching legends like Usain Bolt. Her childhood was a series of questions to her parents about when she could step onto that grand stage.Now, the clock ticks louder, echoing her unyielding ambition. #sports

Canadian skateboarder Fay De Fazio Ebert is an Olympian at 14 - that's sick

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