Medina Meets Rival Who Tricked Elimination, Achieves Best Score at Games, Reaches Surfing Quarterfinals

Medina Meets Rival Who Tricked Elimination, Achieves Best Score at Games, Reaches Surfing Quarterfinals


In the heat against Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi, the Brazilian achieved his highest score per wave at the Paris Games and secured the ranking




Gabriel Medina showed the power of Team Brazil and, with the highest individual wave score at the Olympics, secured a qualification for the surfing quarterfinals at the Paris Games this Monday 29th. João ‘Chumbinho’ Chianca continues in the competition in search of the next stage of the sport.

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In the fifth heat of the round of 16, Gabriel Medina once again met the rival who made fun of his elimination at Tokyo-2020, Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi. With a series of good waves in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, Medina started modestly, with a score of 2.50 on his first wave.

Immediately after, a perfect rod favored the Brazilian, who obtained the highest individual wave score at the Paris Olympic Games: 9.90, for a total of 12.40.

*The article is being updated.

Source: Terra

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