“You have to be resilient”: Young athletes create history, but at what price?

Records by child athletes have reignited debates around age restrictions at global sporting events such as the Olympics. Mazel Paris Alegado, a nine-year-old skateboarder from the Philippines, made history at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, earlier this year – becoming the competition’s youngest-ever participant. The prodigy made it all the way to the women’s…

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Glenn was “on-no-legs.” Maxwell’s game-winning strike is praised as the best in history.

Celebrities and cricket fans applaud Maxwell’s 201-run innings, which helped Australia defeat Afghanistan in an incredible fashion. Glenn “on-no-legs” Maxwell made history when he hit the highest-ever one-day international (ODI) score by an Australian batter, clobbering Mujeeb-ur-Rahman for a six over deep midwicket to win the ICC Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan and end…

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