BEIJING: Earlier this August, Chinese skateboarder Zheng Haohao competed as the youngest athlete at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the age of 11.
Behind Zheng’s debut is the growing number of Chinese youngsters participating in this niche sport, which made its Olympic Games debut at the 2021 Tokyo Games. It is estimated that millions of people have started to participate in skateboarding over the past few years in China.
The growing popularity of skateboarding and other sports activities in China, especially among the young people, is fueled partly by the country’s promotion of public fitness. –Agencies
