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Surfe - O voo de Filipinho - Extra Newspaper - Saturday, May 19th, 2018 - JOGO EXTRA -page10 -Rio de Janeiro -Brazil
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The flight of Filipinho
Brazilian gives show in Saquarema, wins the stage of World Circuit and jumps to the second position in the Ranking
Renato de Alexandrino
renato.alexandrino@oglobo.com.br
"Fly as a butterfly, sting as a bee". The phrase was coined by the boxer Muhammad ali in 1964 would fall as a glove for what Filipinho presented in Saquarema. Taking off with lightness and synchrony to hit his aerials, and attacking with strength the wall of the wave when necessary, the surfer of São Paulo(SP)23 years old won yesterday the Brazilian stage of World Circuit of Surfing. And with leftovers. After taking a fright in the Round 3, when almost lost to the Hawaiian Keanu Asing, Filipinho hit the fifth gear and did not look back anymore. In the rights tubular waves of Barrinha, alternative structure and that had better conditions to host the championship, was overcoming victims along the way.
He overcame the American Kolohe Andino in the Quarterfinals; did not give chance to the leader of Ranking, the Australian Julian Wilson, in the Semifinals; and defeated also the Australian Wade Carmichael in the Final with right to a long and perfect tube that scored 9.93. Received on the beach by a crowd in apotheosis and carried on his shoulders as he came out from the water, the surfer did not hold the tears when talked about the win, dedicated to his son Koa, who was born two days before the start of the event.
-This is Brazil. This all energy is exciting, exclaimed, crying: It is very good to be at home.
It was the second win of Filipinho in Brazil - the other was in 2015, when the championship was held in Postinho, in Rio de Janeiro - and the sixth in stages of CT. The surfer of São Paulo(SP)never lost a final in the World Circuit.
-It is the last chance that you have, it is time of great show. This is what I put in my mind, that I have to go there and do my best - said him, that flew from ninth position to the second position in the Ranking.
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It is Champion!
Filipe Toledo took a shower of beer of Wade Carmichael
Circuit follows to the Indonesia
Other three Brazilians arrived to the final day of disputes in CT of Saquarema, each one in a heat of the Quarterfinals, what let the crowd cheering for the Semifinals formed by Brazilians. But they did not match with the opponents.
Michael Rodrigues surfed well against Julian Wilson, however lost for little on a mistake that should have taken his sleep at night when let the Australian turn the heat when he had the priority. Gabriel Medina had a weak performance against Wade Carmichael, scoring only 3.63. Yago Dora did not surf well either, eliminated by the Hawaiian Ezekiel Lau.
In the second position of Ranking, Filipinho is just over a thousand points behind the leader JulianWilson. Italo Ferreira fell to the third, and Medina is the fourth position.
The World Circuit travels now to Indonesia, with a dispute of a stage and an half in sequence. First will be disputed, in the beginning of June, the Bali Pro, in the waves of Keramas.
Right after the WSL, will complete the CT of Margaret River, that was cancelled on last month by the shark activity in the championship area, in Western Australia. The event will restart in the waves of Uluwatu, in Bali, from where it stopped by, in the Round 3 in Men's competition, and in the Quarterfinals in Women's one.
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RANKING DO CT
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1- JULIAN WILSON(AUS)
19,415 points
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2- FILIPE TOLEDO(BRA)
18,075 points
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3- ITALO FERREIRA(BRA)
14,995 points
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4-GABRIEL MEDINA(BRA)
14,160 points
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5-WADE CARMICHAEL(AUS)
13,585
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6-EZEKIEL LAU(HAW)
11,670
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7-MICHAEL RODRIGUES(BRA)
11,575
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Versions above by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English - PUC -Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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