Zheng Haohao, who was born on the penultimate day of the 2012 Olympics, becomes China's youngest ever Olympian.
An 11-year-old who was born on the penultimate day of the London 2012 Olympics has become China's youngest Olympian.Zheng scored a best of 63.19 to finish 18th in the preliminary round - missing out on a final that was won by Australia's Arisa Trew, 14.
All three medallists in Paris were teenagers, with Brown, 16, and Japan's Kokona Hiraki, 15, repeating their podium finishes from the last Games. Zheng, meanwhile, will go down in the history books alongside the likes of Dimitrios Loundras, who took team bronze in gymnastics in 1896 at the age of 10 and remains the youngest confirmed Olympic athlete.
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