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World Circuit
New 'brazuca' in the spot

In fourth in the WCT, Tatiana Weston-Webb who naturalized herself Brazilian to try an Olympic place in 2020,says not to fear critics by choice and projects evolution of the Women's surfing in the country

JONAS MOURA
jonasmoura@lancenet.com.br

At the end of the third stage of World Championship Tour(WCT), in April, in Margaret River(AUS),Brazil has the only result in the Women's Ranking the tenth position of Silvana Lima. No heat was disputed since than, but on the eve of the OI Rio Pro, the fourth event of the year, the country can already show a star in the top 4.

The novelty is Tatiana Weston-Webb, who completes today 22 years old. Born in Porto Alegre, the young moved when she had two months old to the island of kauai, in Hawaii, and represented the American state. But she was seduced by the chance of disputing the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games, which will mark the debut of surfing, by native country.

With the lack of talents in the Women's suit, the decision was already studied by Brazilian Confederation of Surfing(CBS)since 2016, but was only sacramentalized in the beginning of this year.

Naturalized the surfer will have in Rio de Janeiro stage that starts this Friday and has the window opened until day 20th, her first opportunity for defending the "new" nation.

She denies feeling any discomfort for taking the hope of other Brazilian. Although Hawaii has its own flag in the world of surfing, the same is not true for the Olympics. In this case, the surfers have to wear the United States uniform.

-I did not feel any discomfort, because I did not take anyone's place. I am Brazilian by birth and I am in the dispute for one of the places to represent Brazil in Tokyo. Nothing is defined about who goes - said Tatiana, who will be announced today as an athlete of OI team, to Lance!.

Words in Portuguese are still a challenge. But the connection with Brazil grows day by day. Tatiana, that surfs since eight years old, is daughter of the former bodyboarder "gaúcha"Tanira Guimarães and the English surfer Doug Weston-Webb, based in Hawaii. She is still trained by Leandro Dora from Paraná(PR)since 2016.

She will only come to the country for training and continue to live in Hawaii. But she says that if depends of her, the story with Brazil will not end very soon.

-There already is a generation of young surfers being prepared for the future. The Women's  will grow a lot in the next years in Brazil. We only need more competitions -Weston-Webb said.

*brazuca - is a slang for Brazilian
*gaúcha  - from Rio Grande do Sul

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Version by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English - PUC - Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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