YESTERDAY THERE WERE NO HEATS IN PIPELINE, THE NEXT CALL WILL BE TODAY: AT 3.30 pm
WE TALK WITH
FILIPE TOLEDO
Champion?
Filipinho is loaded in Tijuca after winning the stage in Rio -WSL /Divulgation
LUCAS STRABKO
lucaspaschoal@lancenet.com.br
-I WANT TO FACE FANNING AT MAN TO MAN -
Close to overcome mark of the greatest surfer in history, Felipe teases Mick Fanning and promises to fight to defeat the three times WCT world champion
The Brazilian Filipe is so close to overcome a record of the greatest surfer of all-times.
Currently at second position of world circuit of surfing(WCT) only 200 points of the leader Mick Fanning (AUS), Filipinho depends only on himself to become to youngest champion in history of elite of world surfing .
The stage in Hawaii -the last of the season - that opened yesterday it is scheduled to end on December 20th. If the surfer of Ubatuba(SP) - conquest the title on this day, he will have 20 years, 8 months and 4 four days of life.
The current record holder is Kelly Slater. In 1992, in Rio, the American won his first title with 20 years, 8 months and 14 days. In other words, if Filipinho lift the cup in Pipeline, will have 10 days younger of the owner of eleven titles of the elite of world surfing.
In his third season in the circuit, Filipe Toledo reaches confident to decision. After all, won the penultimate stage of the year in Peniche(POR), completed with a beautiful aerial that earned the grade 10.00 at final. The Brazilian also conquered the stages of Gold Coast and Rio de Janeiro.
In Hawaii, the surfer of Ubatuba(SP) should adapt his repertoire to tubular waves of Pipeline. In 2015, when Filipinho faced with the tubes, he was not well, such when finished in 25th position inMargaret River(AUS) and in 9th in Tahiti.
Despite his young age. the young of 20 years has been bold in and out of water. In this interview to LANCE! by e-mail. Toledo says that want to face the three times world champion Mick Fanning, 14 years older, at man to man. After all, "I have nothing to loose" at final in Pipeline.
The interview will be post after stage in Pipeline.
Version by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduate in Advanced English-PUC - Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre/RS -Brazil
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