"Como num conto de fadas" -EXTRA Newspaper, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Thursday, May 11th, 2017 -Jogo Extra - Surfe -page 10 - extra.globo.com

 

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"Como num conto de fadas" - EXTRA Newspaper, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -Thursday, May 11th, 2017 - Jogo Extra -Surfe- page 10 - extra.globo.com
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"Como um conto de fadas"
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"As in a fairy tale"
After brain concussion and an year far away of the Circuit, Wright is the number 3 of the World. 'I thought that I will no be back', he confesses

Renato de Alexandrino
and Victor Costa
esporteglb@oglobo.com.br

>SAQUAREMA,RJ - December of 2015.Candidate to the World Title, Owen Wright(AUS) is hit by a series of heavy waves in Pipeline, in Hawaii, while is training to the last stage of that year.The Australian leaves the Sea and goes to rest in the house where is staying. Wakes up, desoriented, with difficulties to breath, and is taken to the hospital, where is diagnosed with a brain concussion.There began a drama that would last 15 months of many uncertainties and would finish with one of the greatest recoveries of the history of the sport.


The surfer with 27 years came back to compete in last March, in the first Stage of the Circuit, in Gold Coast, in an event as a screenplay of movie.He was passing heat by heat till defeat his compatriot Matt Wilkinson in the Final.Left the water crying, carried by his brother and sister, the current World Champion Tyler Wright, and acclaimed by the public and competitors. A victory that looked like more a fairy tale. Yesterday, he defeated the Brazilian Bino Lopes in the Recap and is the Round 3 of CT of Saquarema.


-It was so nice that victory in Gold Coast.It was the greatest moment of my career - remembers Owen, that says that entered in that Championship with modest expectations:

-I want only stand up and make some manuevers, you Know? A snap here, another there. I did not wait to come back so well.

Third in the Ranking, he competes in the top, but guarantees that a possible title is the last thing that goes through his mind:

-I want only to be well and surf well. Just this.


The World of Surfing awaited anxious for returning of Owen, that stayed  away of the spotlights during the recovery.

-In many moments I thought that I will not be back. It was a roller coaster of emotions. The injury was in the head. I am still working, doing physiotherapy every days.The expectation is to be better from the middle of the year - he explains.

DADDY ATHLETE
While he stayed away, Owen had a son, Vali, today with 5 months.


Owen Wright
surfer
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Medina e Yago avançam ao terceiro round

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Medina and Yago advance to the third Round

The sea dropped and the wind did not help on the second day of the Brazilian stage, yesterday, in Saquarema, taking the Organization to finish the disputes after the fourth heat of the Recap of the Men's . But it was enough for the Brazilians Gabriel Medina and Yago Dora, and the Australians Owen Wright and Matt Wilkinson  guaranteed themselves in the third Round.

The day began with Yago facing Kolohe Andino: he got a 9.10 in a beautiful aerial (repeating the debut) but needed a 4.13 to pass the Round. A few minutes of the end, the score came: 5.17.

The heat of Medina was the third of the day, when the wind increased, got worse the formation of the waves. The contest against the also Brazilian Jessé Mendes was tense and fierce. Medina took the initiative, but it did not go well. Jessé took advantage and scored first. But Medina was able to turn even in the middle of the heat and held the advantage  till to the end.

Today, there is a call to 6:45 am. But the forecast is that the sea will drop more. Disputes should only come back tomorrow.

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Versions by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduate in Advanced English - PUC -Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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