"COMEÇOU A LUTA POR TÓQUIO-2020" -Lance! Newspaper, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019-Poliesportivo page 20-Rio de Janeiro-Brazil -www.lance.com.br
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SURF
Towards the tri? Medina clinched the bichampionship in 2018
Began the fight for Tokyo-2020
Gabriel Medina(BRA)in the fight for another record, Brazilian storm, and dispute for vacancie in Tokyo-2020 Olympics. These are some of the attractions of the 2019 World Circuit of Surfing(WCT), that began yesterday, in Gold Coast, in Autralia. The stage has window untill April 12th.
The defending Champion will fight for the trichampionship, after clinched in 2014 and 2018, a feat never conquered for a Brazilian. Besides this, the dispute will have the participation of 13 athletes of the country, being 11 in Men's and 2 and Women's championship.In the first group, Peterson Crisanto(BRA) and Deivid Silva(BRA) will make their debut.
The format of World Circuit also gains prominence after being modified by the World Surf League(WSL).The first Round will rank the two first to the Round 3, while the third position in the heat goes to the Recap. In it, the two first go forward, but the third position will be eliminated.
Before this, it was made heats man to man. The Round 3, now, will have 16 disputes(before were 12) and the Round 4, 8(before were four, with three athletes), and everybody man to man eliminatory. To finish, the awards of the Wome'ns also will be same of the Men's championship.
The olympic running motivate the surfers for entering the Sea and increases the intensity of competition, that give vacancie to the Tokyo -2020 Olympics, when will compete 20 men and 20 women. The athletes will have to be in the Top-10 of the 2019 Ranking. However, threre is exigence: only two place to the men and two to the women are secured to represent their respective countries.By the way, if there will be more of two surfers per country, the best positioned in the Ranking will be classified to Olympics.
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*Version above by Paulo Piqueres -Postgraduated in Advanced English -PUC -Pontifíce Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS -Brazil
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