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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing Training - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021 Caroline Marks of the United States during training REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - American surfer Caroline Marks eyes the Pacific Ocean carefully before expertly catching a wave and launching into a routine of slashing turns and jumps, fine-tuning her tricks ahead of surfing s long-awaited Olympic debut on Sunday.
The campaign to have the sport included in the Games was going on long before the 19-year-old was born, and she and her fellow surfers are hoping for the big waves they need to showcase the best of their sport at Tsurigasaki Surf Beach.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing Training - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021 Caroline Marks of the United States during training REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
July 24, 2021
By Philip O’Connor
TOKYO (Reuters) – American surfer Caroline Marks eyes the Pacific Ocean carefully before expertly catching a wave and launching into a routine of slashing turns and jumps, fine-tuning her tricks ahead of surfing’s long-awaited Olympic debut on Sunday.
The campaign to have the sport included in the Games was going on long before the 19-year-old was born, and she and her fellow surfers are hoping for the big waves they need to showcase the best of their sport at Tsurigasaki Surf Beach.