After winning a gold medal in skateboarding a 14-year-old Australian Olympian has negotiated one of the most bizarre gift requests, but you gotta give a champion what they want.
Arisa Trew has made a massive name for herself becoming her country’s youngest ever Olympic gold medalist.
Arisa, who is aged 14 years and 86 days, beat the previous Australian record holder Sandra Morgan who was 14 years and 184 days old. Morgan’s record has stood for a whopping 68 years as she took the gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay back in 1956.
So celebrations for Trew are more than called for. If you were 14 and just won a gold medal what would you ask from your parents? What does your heart desire?
Arisa Trew all smiles as she competes. (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
Well it seems Trew knew exactly what she wanted, even if it is a little strange.
She wanted a new pet, But chances are, you don’t have this pet yourself, in fact you probably don’t know anyone with this animal in their home.
“My parents promised if I won the gold medal I would get a pet duck,” she told the Today show back in Australia.
Yup, not a dog, a new cat or even a snake but a lovely lil duck.
She explained: “Because they are really cute, then I can take it on walks and take it to the skate park.”
“My parents definitely wouldn’t let me get a dog or a cat because we are travelling so much right now.
“But I feel like a duck might be a little bit easier, and… I don’t know, I just want a duck.”
Well fair enough. The girl is a gold medalist, give her what she wants.
Arisa Trew showing off her medal while holding the Australian flag.(Ulrik Pedersen/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
When she found out she was the youngest, Trew called the whole thing ‘insane and really cool.’
Speaking of her overall Olympic achievements, she said: “It was just crazy and so exciting and I just, like, couldn’t believe it when I, like, knew that I was the winner of the Olympics.
“This being my first Olympics, it’s just insane.”
She added: “And just to have fun with all my friends and skate my best but, like, all I really wanted to do was land a solid run.”
Team USA’s current medal count – 94
Gold medalists
- Lee Kiefer: Fencing – Women’s individual foil
- Torri Huske: Swimming – Women’s 100m butterfly
- Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King: Swimming – Men’s 4x100m freestyle
- Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s team competition
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming – Women’s 1500m freestyle
- Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan: Rowing – Men’s coxless four
- Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Mei Weintraub – Fencing: Women’s foil team
- Simone Biles: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s individual all-around
- Kate Douglass: Swimming – Women’s 200m breaststroke
- Simone Biles: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s vault
- Vincent Hancock: Shooting – Men’s skeet
- Ryan Crouser: Athletics – Men’s shot put
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming – Women’s 800m freestyle
- Nic Fink, Torri Huske, Ryan Murphy, Gretchen Walsh: Swimming – Mixed 4x100m medley relay
- Bobby Finke: Swimming – Men’s 1500m freestyle
- Kristen Faulkner: Cycling – Women’s road race
- Scottie Scheffler: Golf – Men’s individual stroke play
- Noah Lyles: Athletics – Men’s 100m
- Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske: Swimming – Women’s 4x100m medley relay
- Valarie Allman: Athletics – Women’s discus throw
- Caroline Marks: Surfing – Women’s Shortboard
- Cole Hocker: Athletics – Men’s 1500m
- Gabby Thomas: Athletics – Women’s 200m
- Amit Elor: Wrestling – Women’s freestyle 68kg
- Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner, Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams: Track Cycling – Women’s team pursuit
- Sarah Ann Hildebrandt: Wrestling – Women freestyle’s 50kg
- Quincy Hall: Athletics – Men’s 400m
Silver medalists
- Nic Fink: Swimming – Men’s 100m breaststroke
- Lauren Scruggs: Fencing – Women’s individual foil
- Gretchen Walsh: Swimming – Women’s 100m butterfly
- Haley Batten: Mountain Bike – Women’s cross country
- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel: Swimming – Women’s 4x100m freestyle
- Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook: Diving – Women’s springboard 3m synchronised
- Katie Grimes: Swimming – Women’s 400m individual medley
- Jagger Eaton: Skateboarding – Men’s street
- Regan Smith: Swimming – Women’s 100m backstroke
- Bobby Finke: Swimming – Men’s 800m freestyle
- Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, Kieran Smith: Swimming – Men, 4x200m freestyle
- Perris Benegas: Cycling – Women’s BMX freestyle
- Torri Huske: Swimming – Women’s 100m freestyle
- Regan Smith: Swimming – Women’s 200m butterfly
- Erin Gemell, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden, Simone Manuel, Anna Peplowski, Alex Shackell, Claire Weinstein: Swimming – Women’s 4x200m freestyle
- Karl Cook, Laura Kraut, McLain Ward: Equestrian – Jumping team
- Sagen Maddalena: Shooting – Women, 50m rifle 3 positions
- Regan Smith: Swimming – Women’s 200m backstroke
- Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram: Tennis – Men’s doubles
- Conner Prince: Shooting – Men’s skeet
- Joe Kovacs: Athletics – Men’s shot put
- Kaylyn Brown, Bryce Deadmon, Shamier Little, Vernon Norwood: Athletics – 4x400m relay mixed
- Sha’Carri Richardson: Athletics – Women’s 100m
- Kate Douglass: Swimming – Women’s 200m individual medley
- Brady Ellison: Archery: Men’s individual
- Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink, Ryan Murphy: Swimming – Men’s 4x100m medley relay
- Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey, Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb: Triathlon – Mixed relay
- Simone Biles: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s floor exercise
- Sam Kendricks: Athletics – Men’s pole vault
- Vincent Hancock and Jewell Austen Smith: Shooting – Mixed team skeet
- Annette Nneka Echikunwoke: Athletics – Women’s hammer throw
- Tom Schaar: Skateboarding – Men’s skateboarding park
- Anita Alvarez, Jaime Czarkowski, Megumi Field, Keana Hunter, Audrey Kwon, Caista Liu, Jacklyn Luu, Daniella Ramirez, Ruby Remati: Artistic swimming – Team
- Katie Moon: Athletics – Women’s pole vault
- Kenneth Rooks: Athletics – Men’s 3000m steeplechase
Bronze medalists
- Carson Foster: Swimming – Men’s 400m individual medley
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming – Women’s 400m freestyle
- Chloe Dygert: Cycling – Women’s individual time trial
- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda, Asher Hong: Artistic Gymnastics – Men’s team competition
- Nick Itkin: Fencing – Men’s foil individual
- Emma Weyant: Swimming – Women’s 400m individual medley
- Ryan Murphy: Swimming – Men’s 100m backstroke
- Luke Hobson: Swimming – Men’s 200m freestyle
- Nyjah Huston: Skateboarding – Men’s street
- Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper: Rugby 7s – Women’s team competition
- Katharine Berkoff: Swimming – Women’s 100m backstroke
- Evy Leibfarth: Canoe slalom – Women’s Canoe Single
- Suni Lee: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s individual all-around
- Casey Kaufhold, Brady Ellison: Archery – Mixed Team
- Grant Fisher: Athletics – Men’s 10,000m
- Ian Barrows and Hans Henken: Sailing – Men’s skiff
- Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Clark Dean, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton: Rowing – Men’s eight
- Stephen Nedoroscik: Gymnastics – Men’s pommel horse
- Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul: Tennis – Men’s doubles
- Jade Carey: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s vault
- Jasmine Moore: Athletics – Women’s triple jump
- Melissa Jefferson: Athletics – Women’s 100m
- Paige Madden: Swimming – Women’s 800m freestyle
- Suni Lee: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s uneven bars
- Austen Jewell Smith: Shooting – Women’s skeet
- Fred Kerley: Athletics – Men’s 100m
- Jordan Chiles: Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s floor exercise
- Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, Rhyne Howard, Hailey van Lith: 3×3 basketball – Women’s competition
- Yared Nuguse: Athletics – Men’s 1500m
- Brittany Brown: Athletics – Women’s 200m
- Omari Jones: Boxing – Men’s 71kg
- Hampton Morris: Weightlifting – Men’s 61 kg
- Samuel Watson: Sport climbing – Men’s speed
