Olympian’s sweet gesture during flight home
Australia’s youngest ever gold medallist has stunned radio hosts with her sweet gesture on the way home from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Arisa Trew won gold in the skateboard park final at just 14-years-old, and touched down at Sydney Airport on Wednesday with her fellow Olympians.
It was revealed the medallists had first pick of the seats in business class on the flight back, while those who have been to the Olympics twice or more scored premium economy, and the rest were in economy.
However, Trew revealed she opted out of relaxing in business class when asked where she sat on the plane shocked Jase & Lauren radio show hosts.
“I mean, I could have been sitting in business with all the medallists, but instead I chose to sit in economy with my two best friends, Chloe and Ruby,” she said.
Her friends Chloe Covell and Ruby Trew are also skateboarders who didn’t snag a medal.
“You’re the cutest thing ever. We couldn’t love you anymore,” Lauren Phillips said.
“So Arisa, does that mean you got to give someone your gold medal business class seat?”
“I’m pretty sure somebody else got it because me and my friends were walking around the plane, and we went up there, and it was all full. So I definitely think somebody else was sitting there but I don’t mind,” Trew said.
The Olympian is set to return to school on Thursday, and said she was excited to see her friends and skate.
“I’m gonna go back. I just love going to school, because it’s the skate park where I go to school,” she said.
“So I get to see all my friends that skate, that I skate with every day and train with, my coaches, the teachers. Like, it’s just the best thing in the world.”
She said on Thursday going to the Olympics has been her goal since she was about 11.
“Watching the last Olympics when skateboarding first got introduced really inspired me,” she said.
“To go to the Olympics is crazy and then to win a gold medal was even more crazy.
“I’m so excited to be back and it’s really cool to see all these people around, it’s like knowing Australia is our family.”
