Plastic podiums, recycled medals, cardboard beds part of Tokyo Gamesโ sustainability plan
Japan has put a spotlight on sustainability at the 2020 Olympic Games, with athletes standing on podiums made of recycled plastics to receive medals crafted from recycled small electronics before sleeping on beds made of cardboard.
This 11-Year-Old Olympic Skateboarding Hopeful Learns Her Tricks by Watching YouTube
One 11-year-old is conquering the concrete wave in such fashion that she hopes to be a fixture at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. I just want to skate, she told CBS News. I just love skateboarding, it is my happy place."Even if I fall or if I get hurt, that won't stop me to do what I love," she added. As Brown sets her goals high for next summers Olympics, she says her training in skateboarding comes not from a coach but from YouTube. Keep doing it and doing it until I make it, she told CBS News.