The surf competition at the 2024 Olympics takes place at Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Photo by Azathoth Pics / Stock.adobe.com.
Gabriel Medina’s name hit the mainstream this week, reaching far beyond the surf community during the surf competition at the Paris Olympics in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.
A photo of the Brazilian surfer after a Round 3 performance earning him an Olympic record-breaking score of 9.90 went viral on Monday. In the image, by Agence France-Presse photographer Jérôme Brouillet, Medina looks as if he’s levitating as he’s propelled out of the wave, his surfboard perfectly upright trailing behind him. He’s holding up his pointer finger, entirely confident that he’s No.1.
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