There's more than a 50-year age gap between oldest and youngest Olympic athletes competing at the Paris Games

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The age of various Olympic athletes competing for medals at the Paris Games is a prime example of age being nothing but a number. 

A competitive spirit is found within those both young and old at the 2024 Olympic Games, with athletes across multiple generations vying for the gold. 

At this year's Summer Games in Paris, the youngest athlete competing is from China. 

More than 50 years separate the oldest athlete competing in the 2024 Summer Games and the youngest.  (Zhe Ji/Getty Images; Musall/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

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Zheng Haohao, 11, is a skateboarder competing in the park event. She's not only the youngest athlete at the games this year. She is also China's youngest athlete to ever compete in the Olympic Games, according to The Independent. 

The young skateboarder only started taking up an interest in the sport four years ago and started competing in global events last year. She is now competing in front of the world at the 2024 Olympic Games. 

"Competition to me is just to get together with my good friends," Zheng said in an interview with CCTV, according to Reuters. "I know over 10 of the world's top 20 skateboarders.

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"It's like we are playing a fun game. Everyone has to show the best they've got." 

Zheng Haohao is an 11-year-old skateboarder competing in the 2024 Olympic Games.  (He Canling/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Historically, the youngest athlete to compete in the