Altas ondas em Saquarema - NAS ONDAS -RICO DE SOUZA - esportesprj@extra.inf.br -
JOGO EXTRA -page 11 - EXTRA Newspaper - Friday 18th, 2018 - extra.globo.com
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High waves in Saquarema
Saquarema is really blessed. The Brazilian stage of World Circuit started in epic way in Maracanã of Brazilian surf, in the last Friday. And historic, since for the first time one CT happened in the peak of Barrinha. Were days of high waves. The powerful right ran at full steam and put to the test the best surfers of the world. After two days in a row in Barrinha, the championship returned to the main structure, for the lefts of Itaúna point, that broke with high waves and provided a real show of surfing. And was in the scenario that the Women's championship was finalized, on Wednesday.
From the Round 3 till the Finals, the girls dueled in great conditions. Silvana Lima surfed very well, and scored the best grade and best sum of all the event. The now Brazilian Tatiana Weston-Webb, that eliminated Silvana in the Quarterfinals, finished the competition in 3rd. Who took the best was the six-time World Champion Stephanie Gilmore, that now opened up even more the advantage in leadership of Women's Ranking. In the Final, the Australian defeated the American Lakey Peterson, current second position.
The Men's dispute should restart with the Quarterfinals and finished still today, probably in the rights of Barrinha. We may have for the first time in the history four Brazilians in the Semifinals of an event of CT. This because we have a "brazuca" in the dispute of each one of the four heats of Quarterfinals. Filipe Toledo, Gabriel Medina, Michael Rodrigues and Yago Dora are our representatives, and the crowd will be great. Besides the show of surfing, of high waves, the weather in is incredible. A positive energy that is felt immediately by those who pass the main street of Itaúna. The town breathes surf 24 hours by day and has been amazing to witness all this. I hope Brazil wins. Aloha and good waves!
*brazuca: a slang for Brazilian
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Version by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English - PUC - Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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