Filipinho corre atrás no CT - EXTRA Newspaper - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil -Friday, August 11th, 2017 - JOGO EXTRA -page 10
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WSL/Divulgação
Filipinho runs behind in CT
Positive by the good result in Africa, Toledo seeks to go even more up in the Ranking in the stage of Tahiti
Filipe Toledo inside a tube in Teahupo'o last year
Renato de Alexandrino
renato.alexandrino@oglobo.com.br
After the storm, comes the bonanza. Filipe Toledo(BRA) lived like no one this old adage in the last stages of the World Circuit of Surfing. Eliminated in Saquarema, he cursed the judges and was suspended in the Fiji stage. He returned to compete in South Africa, winning the CT of Jeffreys Bay with a performance that was acclaimed by critics and friends of the Circuit. Filipinho now tries to take advantage of the positive moment in searching of a good result in the CT of Tahiti, the seventh stage of the Circuit, which begins today in the dangerous waves of Teahupoo.
Tahiti does not bring good memories for Filipe Toledo(BRA). He passed the recap only once, in 2015, when he was eliminated in the Round five. That year, it was marked when finishing a battery without surfing a wave at least..
Filipinho has already been criticized for failing to achieve good results on big and tubular waves such as Tahiti and Hawaii. The victory in South Africa, however, had an impact on the specialized media, which praised the strength in the maneuvers of the Brazilian.
I hope I have changed that perception (of being a surfer only of aerials). I have worked hard for this and I know that I have evolved a lot. It was a matter of time- Filipino said in an e-mail interview. Seventh in the Ranking, he avoids speaking in a World Title fight: After everything that happened this year, I just want to have great performances. About title, at the right time everyone will know.
Medina still dreams with the World Title
Who also arrives positive in Tahiti by what showed in South Africa is Gabriel Medina(BRA). The 2014 World Champion was only stopped in the Semifinals. And, unlike of Filipinho, Medina has great memories of Teahupo'o, where already clinched a contest(2014)and was vice in other(2015).
-It is one of my favorite waves, if it is not the favorite. I worked so much to have a good performance in J-Bay and I am doing the same to Teahupo'o - said Medina.
The South African stage did not change so much the fight in the top. The Top 3 , Matt Wilkinson(AUS), John John Florence(HAW)and Jordy Smith(RSA), stopped in the Quarterfinals, and are separated by only 600 points. Adriano de Souza(BRA)fell down to fifth, four thousand points behind the leader.
Medina went up to the ninth position and came back to dream with the World bichampionship, after a beginning of season so irregular.
-Anyone of Top 10 that clinch a contest ,is already in the direct dispute. I only depend of myself. There are 50 thousand points(remain five stages in the calendar, including the Tahiti)in game. I want to arrive in Hawaii with chance of Title - advises Medina.
Final Straight
After Tahiti, will remain four stages to the end of the season
After Tahiti, the CT will still have stages in California, France, Portugal and Hawaii.
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