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MEDINA CAI PARA ÍTALO, QUE VENCE EM PENICHE - LANCE! Newspaper - Sunday Oct. 21th, 2018 - Poliesportivo page 20 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil -
www.lance.com.br
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Medina is defeated by Ítalo, that wins is Peniche
Still wasnot in Portugal that Gabriel Medina clinched the World Bichampionship of Surfing. In the dispute of tenth stage of Circuit of WSL - World Surf League, held in Peniche, the currente leader of World Ranking was eliminated by his compatriota Ítalo Ferreira in the Semifinals. In the Final, Italo reached to defeat the French Joan Duru and won his third stage in the season.
Medina was leading the duel with Ítalo, till the final minutes of the dispute, but the surfer of RN(Rio Grande do Norte)surfed a beautiful aerial that scored the grade 9.30 and gave him the advantage in the heat. In the end, better for Ítalo, that finished with the total of 16.47(9.30 + 7.17)agains 14.73(6.88 + 7.90)of Medina. in the other Semifinal, the French Joan Duru defeated the Australian Owen Wright.
In the Final, Ítalo Ferreira dominated the heat from the beginning to the end, adding 15.93 against 10.77 of Joan Duru. Win of the surfer of RN , that kept in the fourth place in the World Ranking, the best performance of his career in the circuit.
With the results of the stage, Medina kept in the leadership, now with 56,190. The Australian Julian Wilson and the Brazilian Filipe Toledo are tie with 51,450 in the second position.
The next stage will be disputed in Pipeline, in Hawaii, between the days 8th and 20th of December.
Combinations for the tittle
To conquer the bi World Championship without depending of other results in the next stage, Medina will need to reach, at least in the Final. If the current leader of Ranking reaches the third position, Julian Wilson and Filipe Toledo will have to clinch the stage to take the World Title from Medina. Staying between the 5th and 25th position, Medina give chances to Filipinho and Wilson for clinching the World Circuit of WSL, in case of reaching to the Final.
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Version by Paulo Piqueres - Postgraduated in Advanced English -
PUC -Pontifície Universidade Católica - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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