Here is all you need to know about Mazel Paris Alegado as the age nine-year-old grabs everyone’s attention at the Asian Games 2023Β
Mazel Paris Alegado, a nine-year-old Filipino who should be in first grade, is instead grabbing attention after qualifying for the women’s skateboarding park event at the current Asian Games 2023 on Monday.
Alegado, the youngest competitor from her nation in this year’s continental championship, placed seventh during the qualification round with a highest score of 56.96 points to advance to the eight-person final at the Qiantang Roller Sports Centre.
Who is skateboarder Mazel Paris Alegado youngest Asian Games 2023 athlete, bio, age, family and nationality
Our Frontline team interviewed the youngest participant in this Asian Games, Mazel Paris Alegado from the #Philippines, who's just 9 years old this year. When asked about her performance today, she said it felt great, and she planed to continue skateboarding in the future.β¦ pic.twitter.com/Oo7MfkjjWU
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Mazel Paris Alegado, our youngest finals qualifier at the #19thAsianGames in Womenβs Park skateboarding, claimed the 7th spot . WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU!! πΉβ€οΈππ #POCatAsianGames2022 #19thAsianGames #HangzhouAsianGames pic.twitter.com/l2g9Ru4Szs
— Philippine Olympic Committee – POC (@OlympicPHI) September 25, 2023
For the Asian Games, which are being held in China, Alegado, a resident of the United States, trained in Portugal. She said she skated up to eight hours a day to perfect her skating for the international stage, as per a report inΒ CNN. Despite competing against skaters with significantly more experience, Alegado told CNN Philippines’ Sports Desk that she wasn’t anxious about the contest.Β
Mazel Paris Alegado scores 52.85 and running 5th after her first run in the Womenβs Skateboard – Park Final. | via Carlo Pamintuan#AsianGames #HangzhouAsianGames pic.twitter.com/CsLLufn77o
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Who is Mazel Paris Alegado?
Mazel Paris Alegado is a nine-year-old skateboarding competitor in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China who is said to be the youngest competitor there.
Mazel Paris Alegado from Philippines probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead she was in the ‘women’s’ park final in the Asian Games.
Alegado is said to be failing from California, United States and turned nine in March, claiming that her brother introduced her to skateboarding while they were visiting a cousin’s house. She practised in Portugal ahead of participating in the Asian Games held in China. She was just five tears old when she first started skating hoping that one day she will be playing at the Asian Games.
She asked him to try it. She said, as per a report in CNN:Β
And I was like, ‘Can I try? Can I try?’
She further continued:
And I got on the board and just loved it.”
She competed on behalf of the Philippines, making it into the “women’s” park final, where she finished seventh out of eight athletes.
She was asked if her brother still does skating to which she replied:
No, because he was like, ‘Oh dang, she’s better than me now.”