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"Medina e Pupo vão às Quartas na França" - LANCE! -Newspaper - Saturday, October 14th, 2017 Poliesportivo -page 20 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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Confident Gabriel Medina follows alive in stage DIVULGAÇÃO/WSL
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Medina and Pupo advance to the Quarterfinals in France
The Brazilians Gabriel Medina(BRA) and Miguel Pupo(BRA) guaranteed yesterday their classification for the Quarterfinals of the stage of Hossegor(FRA) of the World Circuit of Surfing(WCT).
In the first heat, Miguel showed that he wants to stay in the surfing elite in 2018. Already achieving his best result of the year, he let Owen Wright (AUS) and Kolohe Andino (USA) to the last Recap of the competition. With a consistent surfing, the Brazilian reached 14.80 points, against 12.33 d Wright and 11.60 of Andino.
-I was in Portugal surfing before to come to France. It was great, because today (yesterday) I was able to surf the tubes at rights. I also keep training a little on these waves from here and I think this put me in the rhythm to surf well the heats. I'm very happy to pass to the Quarterfinals, which I could not get for a long time, "said Pupo.
In searching his third championship in France, Medina overcame in the Round 4 by 14.43 points against the American Nat Young (11.30) and the French Joan Duru (8.67).
"I am not thinking much about the World Title. I just want to do my job and I know that in order to dispute for this Title I will have to win championships, than is to focus on this now and see what will happen up next - revealed Gabriel, who already took the place seventh in the World Rankings,that was of Filipe Toledo(BRA).
The only Brazilian who did not advance directly was Caio Ibeli(BRA), who disputes the Recap.He did not get to defeat the zebra of the stage. the French Marc Lamorare(FRA). In 22nd place, the surfer fights to stay in the elite in 2018. He faces the Andino Koloho (USA) in the Round 5. The next call would happen at dawn of today.
Current WCT champion, the Hawaiian John John Florence(HAW) defeated Mick Fanning (AUS) and Joel Parkinson (AUS) and did not only advance to the Quarterfinals in Hossegor but also took the lead from South African Jordy Smith(RSA).
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