"MEDINA INICIA BUSCA PELO TRI COM VITÓRIA- Lance! Newspaper -Thursday, April 4th,2019 Poliesportivo-Page 19 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - www.lance.com.br

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"MEDINA INICIA BUSCA PELO TRI COM VITÓRIA- Lance! Newspaper -Thursday, April 4th,2019
 Poliesportivo-Page 19 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - www.lance.com.br
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WORLD CIRCUIT OF SURFING

Medina begins the search for the tri with victory

Two-time World Champion wins the heat against Ryan Callinan(AUS) and Mateus Herdy(BRA)and begins with morale in the first stage of the year in Gold Coast(AUS)

So nice  the Brazilian advanced to the Round 3 in Australia

NÚCLEO POLIESPORTIVO
reporterpoli@lancenet.com.br

Current Champion and name to be defeated in the World Circuit of Sufing(WCT)Gabriel Medina opened the 2019 season with a win and advanced straight to the Round 3 of the Gold Coast stage, in Austrália. On this Wednesday, he overcamed the Australian Ryan Callinan and the Brazilian Mateus Herdy, on the sixth heat, with the right to the best score 8.17 of the day on a wave.

The surfer of São Paulo(SP)totalized 13.84,while R. Callinan(AUS)added 13.57.M. Herdy(BRA)with only 17 years old and Junior World Champion in 2018, finished the dispute with 7.23

Other Brazilians ranked: Filipe Toledo(BRA), Ítalo Ferreira(BRA), Yago Doraa, Michael Rodrigues(BRA), Jessé Mendes(BRA)and the rookie Deivid Silva(BRA). But Caio Ibelli(BRA), Jadson Andre(BRA), William Cardoso(BRA), Peterson Crisanto(BRA) and M. Herdy(BRA)went to the Recap.

The stage of Gold Coast marks the inauguration of the new format of the season's score, which will have for the first time the equal awards for Men and Women in the elite division. In the Round 1, before only the winner passed directly to the Round 3. Now are, the two better ranked.

-It is nice to start the year with winning the first heat so and with this jersey(yellow)the feeling is still more special. I am with some stars of the Instituto Gabriel Medina here and it is so nice that they are here. It is the third year of the Instituto, we will have 32 children living there a routine as we do with profissionals athletes. It is nice to give to these children, the opportunity of following our career or what they want to be in their future. That is incredible the feeling of reciprocating a little what the surf gave to me already and I am happy for beginning well the year, because I know the everybody are cheering - said Medina.

Another highlight was Yago Dora(BRA), that got the best somatory of the day, with 14.33. The surfer searched the lefts de Duranbah Beach, that were forming good ramps for he surfs aerials of frontside and do the records of the day till it. In the better, flew high and did the complete rotation in the air without the hands on the surfboard till returnin to the wave. The judges gave him the score 783.

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