HEGEMONIA VERDE-AMARELO ATÉ EM ONDAS ARTIFICIAIS - ZERO HORA Newspaper, Monday, September 10th, 2018 - JORNADA ESPORTIVA , page 16, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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HEGEMONIA VERDE-AMARELO ATÉ EM ONDAS ARTIFICIAIS -
ZERO HORA Newspaper, Monday, September 10th, 2018 - JORNADA ESPORTIVA , page 16, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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YELLOW-GREEN HEGEMONY TILL IN ARTIFICIAL WAVES


Medina departs to Europe with two wins in eight stages
Extend on the Brazilian supremacy in World Championship of Surfing,
Gabriel Medina conquered yesterday the first stage of the history of the world
elite of surfing in artificial wave in the Surf Ranch Pro, in California. It
was the seventh Brazilian win in eight stages, with Filipe Toledo in second
place.

The dispute ocurred in swimming pool of wave created by Kelly Slater let difficult the
fight for the top of World Ranking, which Filipe follows the leader, but now
Medina decreased the difference to 5,100 points.

Another Brazilian in the final was Miguel Pupo, that finished in the seventh
position. The three represented Brazil in the Final, which each surfer had four
chances of surf a "left", beyond three trials to the "right" being that the
best two of each direction defined the champion.

The surfer of Maresias, São Paulo was the leader of the dispute since the
first day of the event and yesterday, in the decision against the other best
seven, surfed very well again. Leader of the event, he always entered for the
last, each game to take his waves knowing exactly the score he needed to follow
in the top. There were two waves each games, one to each side, and in the last moment
they gave an extra wave to the left in the Final; offering two lefts and a right
to define the champion.


Medina opened his participation with a fall in wave to left but soon surfed a
wave to right with grade 8.73, scoring the best grade of the game in this
direction. In the second game, he soon tried to surf left, in which, he gave
many snaps till finalized with excellent aerial so high. With this wave, scored
8.53 and took the leadership of decision to the last game.

Still leader of the Ranking, the surfer of Ubatuba(São Paulo)Filipe Toledo was the
biggest threat for Medina. In the decisive game, he needed to score a grade 8.06
in one of two lefts left - that he still had to turn over Medina. However he did not
reach the performance, and in his last attempt he tried an aerial and falled down
and scored 7.23 enought only to keep his place in the second position.

Medina, than, entered the water already champion and only played in his last performances
in the left he surfed with flag of Brazil on his back and surfed the right with the cap.

The flag was the symbol of hegemony of the country in the season that has Medina as deputy
of the Ranking which the leader is Filipe with three stages left.
The Circuit now goes to Europe, where Gabriel used to surf very well.
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The Brazilians already clinched 7 of 8 stages disputed in 2018

ONLY THEY WIN
2nd stage       3rd stage       4th stage            
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Bell Beach      Saquarema       Bali
(Australia)     (Brazil)        (Indonesia)
Italo Ferreira   Filipe Toledo  Italo Ferreira
5th stage        6th stage       7th stage
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Uluwatu          Jeffreys Bay    Teahupo'o
(Indonesia)      South Africa    Tahiti
William Cardoso  Filipe Toledo   Gabriel Medina

8th stage
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Surf Ranch Pro
Lemoore, CA, USA
Gabriel Medina
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MEN'S FINAL RESULTS
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surfer                        points
1.Gabriel Medina(BRA)         17.86
2.Filipe Toledo(BRA)          17.03
3.Kelly Slater(USA)           16.27
4.Kanoa Igarashi(JPN)         15.77
5.Miguel Pupo(BRA)            12,97
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Next stage
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October 3rd to 14th
Quiksilver Pro France in Hossegor(FRA)
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Version above by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English -
 PUC -Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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