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TOKYO — Just before her last skateboarding run of the day, 13-year-old Sky Brown, of Great Britain, received a pep talk from an unlikely source: Sakura Yosozumi, of Japan, the 19-year-old she was hoping to unseat.
“You got it, Sky!” Yosozumi said. “We know you’re gonna make it! Go!”
Brown had fallen during her first two runs.