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Olympics-Surfing-Ferreira, Moore secure historic gold medals
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing - Men s Shortboard - Gold Medal Match - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Chiba, Japan - July 27, 2021. Italo Ferreira of Brazil celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
July 27, 2021
By Philip O’Connor
ICHINOMIYA, Japan (Reuters) -Brazil’s Italo Ferreira and American Carissa Moore overcame challenging conditions in brilliant style to win historic first Olympic surfing gold medals at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach on Tuesday.
Ferreira recovered from breaking his board on the first wave to beat Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi in the final, while Moore out-classed South African outsider Briana Buitendag to secure victory in the women’s event.