Olympics: Australia has shocked the world and taken a solo lead in the medal count after a record day 1 for the country.
Almost 16,000 kilometres away from Paris, the furthest an Olympic event has ever been from a host city , the opening heats at famous surf break Teahupo’o are now completed.
Nothing comes easy at the Olympics; world number three Jack Robinson was agonisingly close to winning his opening heat with a score of 13.36 just short of French heat winner Joan Duru who notched up 13.84. Molly ‘Pickles’ Picklum went down after drawing one of the toughest opening heats imaginable against WSL world number one, Caitlan Simmers, and top Brazilian contender Tatiana Weston-Webb.With Ethan Ewing and Tyler Wright safely through to round three, and the proven big wave ability Robinson and Picklum can draw upon, hopes for surfing medals still remain high for Australia.
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