Youngest Sports Stars

Paul and Glenn are back for another bumper episode. This week we discuss some very young sportspeople from over the years who have excelled at an early age in their sport. Should there be age limits put in place in order to protect young athletes? Some of what will also be discussed include:- Skateboarders Arisa Trew, Keegan Palmer, Kokona Hiraki, Sky Brown- Gymnasts such as Nadia Comaneci, Dimitrios Loundras, 1928 Italian gymnastics team.- Swimmers such as Shane Gould, Leisel Jones, Ian Thorpe, Katie Ledecky, Jenny Turrell, Inge Sorensen, Gaurika Singh- Tiger Woods, Sachin Tendulkar, Brad Fittler- Tennis players such as the Williams sisters, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati- Joey Logano, Marjorie Gestring- Youngest ever in the EPL, MBL, NHL, NFL, NRL and NBA.- An American professional female golfer who qualified for the LPGA tour at just 15.- Francis Jacobs and Freddy Adu- The biggest mystery in Olympic Games history which involved a boy whose identity remains a mystery to this day.We give our awards for the week eg, Ratbag, top sportsperson. We also have our segments Sporting Spotlight, Then and Now. We also have our Quiz and Glenn has another cracking joke.Youngest Sports Stars Sources1. Teen vogue.com ‘19 of the youngest olympians in the history of the games’, by colleen curry and marilyn la jeunesse, 24/4/242. Nine, wide world of sports.com’ youngest olympic gold medallists:where 14 year old aussie superstar arisa trew sits on incredible list’, emily patterson, 7/8/243. Stadium talk.com ‘youngest pro athletes of all time’, by tony adame, 28/11/244. Guinness world records.com ‘youngest first class cricketer (male)’ compartilhar, guinness world records 20255. Espncricinfo.com ‘youngest players in tests’, espn sports media 20256. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stehr7. Zero hanger.com ‘the youngest debuts in VFL/AFL history’, harris maglis, 21/2/20228. https://commonplacefacts.com/2024/10/22/1900-olympics-unknown-boy/9. https://isoh.org/ ‘Was the unknown french boy in 1900 actually from georgia?’ By Paata Natsvlishvili, volker kluge, 201610. voa.com ‘unknown boy may be the youngest ever olympic champion’, by agence france-presse, 10/8/2411. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Ledecky12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Gould13. https://www.carlile.com.au/carlilekids-in-dead-heat-smash-the-world-record/14. Jersey watch.com ‘25 best youth sports quotes to motivate young athletes’, tim gusweiler, 2016-2515. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisztina_Egerszegi16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Mingxia17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Wie_West18. Premier league.com ‘nwaneri makes history with first premier league goal’, mikel areta, forest presser, 26/11/2419. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inge_S%C3%B8rensen20. https://joeyloganofoundation.com/jl-kids-crew/21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain#:~:text=22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roelof_Klein24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Brandt25. Fran tarkenton ‘fran tarkenton and tiger woods on That’s Incredible’, 17/1/201426. The sports journal.org ‘age requirement in professional sport’, by Greg Bianchi, 2018, US Sports Academy