Surfing: Gabriel Medina (BRA) has won the Bronze
With the waves improving in both size and consistency, 3x World Champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil put on quite a show en route to winning the Bronze Medal.
After failing to find a second scoing wave in his semi-final heat, Medina (BRA) was throwing away 7.5s in his Bronze Medal heat against Peru’s Alonso Correa. Whether he was double hand-dragging in the day’s deepest barrels or attempting a high flying alley-oop over nearly dry reef, the Brazilian goofy foot was the definition of high performance surfing this heat. He won with a pair of 7.77s, one earned courtesy of the day’s most impressive tube to date and the other with a wave that featured 4 consecutive turns, each one different from the next but all of them undeniably committed and progressive.
Correa (PER) took an early lead thanks to some proper tube time and stylish cutbacks but his total heat score of 12.43 was no match for a very in form Medina.
With the win, Medina (BRA) has improved on his 4th place finish in Tokyo and swapped it out for a Bronze here at Teahupo’o.