Olympics: France and Brazil Surfers Keep Hope for Double Podium
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina, 2024. Photo: X/ @Muthukumar_cr7
August 2, 2024 Hour: 10:59 am
On Thursday, Gabriel Medina (Brazil) and Jack Robinson (Australia) emerged victorious to lock in a semifinal.
Both France and Brazil have one surfer remaining in the men’s and women’s categories respectively as the surfing competition reached the quarterfinals.
RELATED:
Olympics: Ecuadorian Daniel Pintado Wins Gold in Race Walking
On Thursday, the competition resumed following a two-day pause, starting with the women’s round three, followed by the quarterfinals of both men’s and women’s.
France, Brazil and Australia each have one surfer into the semifinals as the three men’s quarterfinals featured head-to-head heat between teammates.
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina and Australia’s Jack Robinson emerged victorious to lock in a semifinal, while Kauli Vaast of France is set to take on Peru’s Alonso Correa, who beat Japan’s Reo Inaba to secure the remaining berth of the men’s final four.
The Paris 2024 surfing would have new champions following the defeat of Tokyo 2020 gold medalist and U.S. veteran Carissa Moore in the women’s quarterfinals by the hand of home favorite Johanne Defay.
The French surfer would take on another U.S. rival Caroline Marks in the semifinal, while the other finalist would be decided between Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil and Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica. The surfing semifinals and the finals are expected to take place on Saturday.
The Paris 2024 surfing competition takes place on the beaches of Teahupoo in Tahiti, French Polynesia. There, 24 men and 24 women compete for Olympic glory. They all earned their places through their performance on the WSL Championship Tour and the ISA World Surfing Games.
Autor: teleSUR/ JF
Fuente: Xinhua - EFE
