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The surfing competition was staged in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, in the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific. The decision was made to hold the surfing competition in the French territory instead of continental Europe because of the famous massive waves on the island suitable for the surfing competitions. [1]
In September 2015, surfing was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] In June 2016, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the ...
2021 ISA World Surfing Games – the top 4 men and 6 women were awarded quota places. If a NOC or National Olympic Committee qualified more than the maximum number of athletes, the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games would prevail and any places earned from 2019 were reawarded to the next highest finishing athlete(s).
Marks' gold medal win upholds Team USA's dominance in the sport of Olympic surfing, which debuted for the first time just three years ago at the Tokyo Games. American Carissa Moore, who also ...
All winners of the Paris Olympics surfing competition are first-time Olympic medalists, after defending Olympic women’s champion Carissa Moore of the United States — who won at the Tokyo Games ...
Both surfers had scores of 12.17 in their heat, but Marks got the win with a higher score of 7.00 on her best surf. Defay scored a 6.50 on her first wave, and a 5.67 on her second (besting Marks ...
The Paris Olympic surfing competition features six rounds: Rounds one through three, followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. Saturday's first round consisted of eight heats of three surfers each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to round three, while the other two surfers will go to round two.
2023 ISA World Surfing Games (continental qualification for Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania) – The highest-ranked eligible male and female surfer from Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania will be entitled to a spot for the Olympics; otherwise, it will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked surfer on the continent. The highest-ranked athlete ...