In a Brazilian duel, Medina defeats Chianca and is in the surfing semis

With the highest score of the day, the São Paulo native was superior and awaits the Australian clash between Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing

With the favorable sea conditions, the surfing heats of Paris 2024 Olympics returned and, with them, we witnessed the Brazilian duel in the quarterfinals. John Chiancathe Chumbinho, and Gabriel Medina went to Tahitian waters to seek the desired place in the semis.

The most active surfer was Medina, who immediately put together a small tube and scored 6.67. For a while, the surfers tried to pull off maneuvers, but they didn’t connect and scored low, with Chianca scoring 0.20 and Medina 0.50.

Chianca managed to get a higher score, but was still far behind Medina. Medina still managed a great tube to earn the highest score of the day, an 8.10. With 14 minutes left in the heat, the score was 14.77 (8.10 + 6.67) to 7.16 (4.83 + 2.33).

In the search for the leader, Chumbinho still caught a tube and performed some maneuvers to increase his score, but it was not enough and Gabriel Medina ended up advancing to the semifinals.

Now the surfer from São Paulo awaits the confrontation between the Australians Jack Robinson It is Ethan Ewing to know your opponent.

Source: sportbuzz

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