Australian surfer Owen Wright is on the cusp of claiming the first ever gold medal for the sport in the Olympic Games - just years after a traumatic brain injury looked to have not only ended his career but see him never surf again.
The 31-year-old from Culburra on the New South Wales south coast has advanced to the semi-finals of the surfing at the Tokyo Games, the first time the sport has featured in the world's biggest event.
The achievement is made all the more meaningful to Wright, who suffered a brain injury in the lead up to the 2015 Pipeline Masters event on Hawaii's north shore and could 'barely walk the length of my house'.