Surfing USA: Indigenous Hawaiian takes gold
Carissa Moore wins the first gold ever awarded as surfing makes its Olympic debut
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Carissa Moore wins the first gold ever awarded as surfing makes its Olympic debut
Dan Ninham
Special to Indian Country Today
An Indigenous athlete in an Olympic sport with Indigenous roots is a gold medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Carissa Moore, 28, an ethnic Hawaiian representing Team USA, won the inaugural gold medal in Olympic women’s surfing when she defeated South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag, who earned the silver medal, 14.93 to 8.46, in the final round in Ichinomiya, Japan. Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki took bronze.
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