October 7, 2024

Teenage Skater Chloe Covell to Go for Gold Despite Injury

Sports The Journal 2024

Teenage Skater Chloe Covell to Go for Gold Despite Injury

By: Emily Liu

14-year-old teen skater Chloe Covell may have fractured two fingers but that won’t stop her from going for gold in the Paris Olympics. The young skater fractured two fingers on her right hand two weeks ago, when she accidentally fell during a training session in Los Angeles. Covell explained that real big injuries for her are her are injuries to the wrists and ankles, broken fingers won’t stop her from her quest of becoming the youngest australian Olympic gold medallist!


Chloe Covell has proved to be an Olympian for this year’s Paris Olympics, beating 1956, swimmer Sandra Morgan. At 14 and 5 months, Covell became Australia’s youngest gold medalist in history.

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