Surfing at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[NearPup 3,051]

Giant upset, Buitendag beat Marks O.o

[Olympian1010 7,976]

Buitendag  pulls off another upset and books her spot in the gold medal match.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

On the one hand, I loved skateboarding and it's one of the five Olympic sports I'll focus on watching from now on. On the other hand, surfing is very boring to watch with or without Brazilians competing. It takes too long, the moments where it gets exciting are too few and far between and, to be honest, it's not even really that exciting.

 

It's weird because this is a sport that belongs to the Summer Olympics, but I just can't force myself to watch it anymore. I'll just look for the results after the competition is over.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

Moore  prevents  from having a chance to go 4 for 4 in their Agenda 2020 sports.  v.  for gold.

[NearPup 3,051]

Wright narrowly wins the bronze medal on the men's side.

 

As a result, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania all win Olympic medals in surfing's debut. I am pretty sure an Olympic sport where every continent except Europe wins a medal is unprecedented.

[vinipereira 3,240]

#robbed 

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

1 minute ago, vinipereira said:

#robbed 

It looks like for every unexpected medal -- Cargnin in Judo, Hoefler in skateboarding and Scheffer in swimming -- we lose a medal that was previously thought to be easy to get -- Pâmela and Letícia in skateboarding, Medina in surfing.
 

[NearPup 3,051]

Disastrous bronze medal match for Marks allows Tsuzuki to win bronze almost by default.

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Marks  was waiting for a wave that never came. Tough luck for her, home delight Tsuzuki

[NearPup 3,051]

Ya, seems like a situation where having more knowledge of the local surfing conditions really paid off.