feels somehow greater from afar. usa! reporter: whether that s in alaska watching lydia jacoby or hawaii when carissa moore nabbed the first gold in olympic surfing. it also means fresh off the race or the win, athletes are talking to the people they love most much faster than if they had been in the stands. got a few people who want to talk to you. i love you so much. i am so proud you have. love you too. thank you, guys. reporter: a very different summer games, creating a new kind of olympic moment. stephanie gosk, nbc news, tokyo. yeah, new ways to bridge the distce. an still fresh unstopables in-wash scent booster
Breaking… SA’s Bianca in Semi-finals Surfing at Tokyo 2020
By Bev Mortimer
South Africa’s woman surfer, Bianca Buitendag from Victoria Bay, is through to the Semi-Finals in the Japan Olympics 2020 following her second win in this prestigious world event by defeating Portugal’s Yolanda Hopkins earlier this morning (Japanese time).
Photo: Credit Bev Mortimer of Bianca Buitendag and Sally Fitzgibbons from Australia at the JBay Corona 2019 surfing event in Jeffreys Bay.
She is set to compete against a top favourite, Caroline Marks from the US, at 1 pm today (13h), (7 am this morning, South African time)
on ‘Finals’ day for Olympic Surfing at Tsurigasaki Beach in Japan. Marks and Owen Wright from Australia were the highest total scorers from the men and women’s surfing competition yesterday in Japan – Wright: 15.00 and Marks:15.33).
and also about re establishing communication lines. a short conversation was had between the person manning the south korean line and the person manning the north korean line. the person in the south said it was good to be talking once again to the person in the north. let s head back to the olympics amd in the next few hours we will find out who the first ever olympic surfing gold medallists are. the sport has made its debut at the games this year. tropical storms close to tokyo have made getting to the final difficult task though. let s speak to jessi miley dyer who is the head of compeition with the world surf league. the league is the governing body for professional surfers. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. how does it feel this taking part in the olympics were surfing about to get its first gold medal? it surfing about to get its first gold medal? , . , surfing about to get its first gold medal? , ., , , ., surfing about to get its first gold medal? , ., , ., ., med
our sports lead now. olympic athletes are already dealing with the pressures of performance and pandemic restrictions, extreme heat, being a world away from their families, and now a typhoon is looming off the coast of japan. now, to one brand new group of olympians, that means the surf is going off, it s pumping. and cnn s will ripley got rare access to the u.s. olympic surfing team as they make history at the tokyo games. reporter: about 90 minutes
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