"Circuito chega a Bali com briga olímpica acirrada entre Ítalo, Filipe e Medina e John John no topo" Globoesporte.globo.com/Mundial de Surfe - May 12th, 2019 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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"Circuit arrives in Bali with Olympic tough dispute among Ítalo, Filipe, and Medina, and John John at the top "
-Silvana Lima returns from knee injury and joins to Tatiana Weston-Webb in Women's championship
May 12th, 2019 -07h50
photo: WSL / Ed Sloane
After two straight stages in Austrália, the World Circuit of Surfing(CT)arrives in the island of Bali, in Indonesia, for the dispute of the third stage of the season with a new leader: John John florence. From this Sunday, the Hawaiian will enter the waves of Keramas with the yellow Jersey and three Brazilians behind by the the top 1 of surfing. The call to the start of competition will be at 19:30(Brasilia time).
The defending Champion of the stage, Ítalo Ferreira fell to the second position in the Ranking after 5th place in Bells Beach, while the two-time World Champion Gabriel Medina is in the fifth position. Vice Champion at the last stage after being defeated by John John in the Final, Filipe Toledo is now the top 4 in the World. In addition to the title race, the three dispute the two places of Brazil in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
-I was very excited after this second place in Bells. The expectation is the best. Keramas is a wave that I like very much, very high performance, fast, that I think sets on my surfing. (The Olympics)
It is always on my mind as a goal. Be training and try to do my best every time, at the end of the year I am able to get this place. said Filipinho.
Out of the stages, Silvana is recovered from the knee injury.
Filipinho will debut against the also Brazilian Peterson Crisanto and the Australian Jacob Willcox: Italo faces Ezekiel Lau(HAW)and Caio Ibelli(BRA), while Medina faces the compatriota Deivid Silva and the local Rio Waida. In the Women's championship Brazil will have the reinforcement of Silvana Lima. After being out of the first two stages because of a knee surgery, the surfer of Ceará(CE) is recovered and will join to Tatiana Weston-Webb to defend the yellow-green flag.
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Check the Seeding Round of Men's
1.J. J. Florence(HAW) x M. Rodrigues(BRA) x L. Fioravanti(ITA)
2.J. Smith(SAF) x S. Zietz(HAW) x J. Andre(BRA)
3.J. Wilson(AUS) x A. Buchan(AUS) x J. Freestone(AUS)
4.I. Ferreira(BRA) x E. Lau(HAW) x C. Ibelli(BRA)
5.F. Toledo(BRA) x P. Crisanto(BRA) x J. Willcox(AUS)
6.G. Medina(BRA) x D. Silva(BRA) x R. Waida(IND)
7.O. Wright(AUS) x Y. Dora(BRA) x S. Bailey(AUS)
8.C. Coffin(USA) x J. Flores(FRA) x J. Mendes(BRA)
9.K. Andino(USA) x R. Callinan(AUS) x K. Slater(USA)
10.W. Carmichael(AUS) x S. Moniz(AUS) x R. Christie(NZL)
11.K. Igarashi(JPN) x M. Wright(AUS) x J. Duru(FRA)
12.M. Bourez(FRA) x W. Cardoso(BRA) x G. Colapinto(USA)
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Seeding Round of Women's
1.C. Marks(USA) x C. Ho(HAW) x S. Lima(BRA)
2.C. Moore(HAW) x B. Henessy(CRC) x K. Andrew(AUS)
3.S. Gilmore(AUS) x N. Van Dijk(AUS) x K. Johnson(IND)
4.L. Peterson(USA) x S. Fitzgibbons(AUS) x P. Hareb(NZL)
5.M. Manuel(HAW) x J. Defay(FRA) x M. Callaghan(AUS)
6.C. Conlogue(USA) x T. Weston-Webb(HAW) x B. Macaulay(AUS)
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* Version by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English - PUC - Pontificie Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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