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The 2020 Tokyo Games marked the first time that skateboarding was recognized as an Olympic sport. That's not the only history that the sport is making at the Summer Games, though.

During Wednesday's park skateboarding women's final, 12-year old Japanese skater Kokona Hiraki earned a silver medal and was just edged out by teammate Sakura Yosozumi for gold. In addition, Great Britain's Sky Brown, who is just 13, won the bronze medal for her performance in the final.

By reaching the podium, Hiraki and Brown have become the youngest Olympic medalists since 1936. If either Hiraki or Brown would've won the gold medal, they would've been the youngest gold medalists in the history of the Games.

In Brown's case, she became Great Britain's youngest medalist in Olympic history.

"Skateboarding is a very beautiful sport. There's no rules in skateboarding," Brown said following the competition, according to NPR. "I think more people are gonna start skating now."

Yosozumi told reporters that there aren't many skateparks throughout Japan -- so few, in fact, that her family had to build one at her house in which she could practice on.

While the medalists' ages were quite impressive, the sportsmanship between the competitors was a big story, too. Japan's Misugu Okamoto ended up falling during her run and competitors lifted her up in what was a truly powerful scene.

Sometimes, there are moments that are bigger than wins and losses and this was certainly one of those.