SURFE - AÇÃO em SAQUAREMA - EXTRA Newspaper - JOGO EXTRA, page 10 - Friday, May 11th, 2018 - extra.globo.com

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SURFE - AÇÃO em SAQUAREMA - EXTRA Newspaper - JOGO EXTRA, page 10 - Friday, May 11th, 2018 - extra.globo.com
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                                        Ítalo Ferreira(photo)divides the leadership with Julian Wilson(AUS)

SURF
Action in Saquarema

Brazilian stage of CT starts today with some surfers out and equilibrium in the top of the ranking

Renato de Alexandrino
renato.alexandrino@oglobo.com.br

Equilibrium. This is the word of the time in the Championship Tour of Surfing(CT, initials in English), that has its fourth stage starting today, in Saquarema. Only two thousand points separate the first five positions, with two surfers - the Australian Julian Wilson(AUS) and the Brazilian Ítalo Ferreira(BRA) - dividing the leadership. A very different scenario from that observed in the last seasons, when an athlete arrived to Brazilian competition right in the front.

In the first three stages, in Australia, Julian won one; Ítalo, other: the third, in Margaret River, was cancelled by shark activity, which helped to keep the Ranking even. The World Surf League confirmed yesterday that will finalize the Championship of Margaret River in Indonesia, in June, right after the event of Bali, fifth stop of the Circuit.

-I believe that this year will be one of the best. Nobody run in the leadership , and each event will be a story. I am so happy by wearing the Yellow Jersey(reserved to the leader of the Ranking), however no comfortable. We have many stages in the future. With these guys here is not easy - said the "potiguar"(surfer of Rio Grande do Norte) Ítalo, 24 years newly completed, pointing to Adriano de Souza(BRA)and Gabriel Medina(BRA).

Ítalo, Medina(7th in the Ranking)and Adriano(10th)may receive a home help. The surfer of São Paulo(SP)Deivid Silva won the Trials disputed yesterday in the good waves of Itaúna and will face Julian in the Round 1. Nowadays in the third position of Qualifying Series(QS), that classifies ten surfers to CT, Deivid is not a begginer in the art of putting water in someone else's draft beer. Two years ago, the Australian Matt Wilkinson arrived to the Brazilian stage as isolated leader, after a magical season start. Faced Deivid, that competed as Wild Card, and was eliminated.

-I have nothing to loose and had already this story. Let's see if I am able to end with the party of "gringos"(foreigners), surf well against Julian and help Ítalo - said the smiling free sniper.

With the classification of Deivid, the Men's event in Saquarema will have the expressive number of 14 Brazilians, with names as Miguel Pupo(BRA) and Wiggolly Dantas(BRA)replacing the surfers that opted not to come., as Kelly Slater(USA) and Joel Parkinson(AUS).The Brazilians are three: Silvana Lima(BRA), Taís de Almeida(BRA), that won the Trials, and Tatiana Weston-Webb. The "Hawaiian-Gaucha", born in Porto Alegre, but based in Hawaii, decided to compete by Brazil, looking a place in the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020.

*Gaucha: from Rio Grande do Sul(RS)


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