Jul 29, 2021
TOKYO – The rainbow appeared suddenly, parting dark gray skies that loomed over a surfing venue as a tropical storm descended, as if the rainbow wanted to peek in. Down below, Carissa Moore was surfing. She would soon trudge out of the water and into the waiting arms of her coaches, who lifted her off the sand and carried her off the beach. An American flag hung from her shoulders like a superhero cape.
Across the Pacific Ocean, her relatives clustered around televisions. Well, except for her husband, Luke Untermann, a spouse so unnerved by the history at hand that he had locked himself inside a car, inside a garage, and watched an Olympic final on his cell phone. His screams echoed down the block.
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What is the latest news?
The men s surfing contest at the Olympics was delayed by 90 minutes on Monday due to low tide at Tsurigasaki beach, about 90 miles east of Tokyo.
The International Surfing Association, the sport s Olympic governing body, said low tide combined with the shifting weather has destabilized the quality of the surf conditions for the sport s big debut.
The call came at the end of the eight 1-on-1 heats for the women s competition, and now the men s game is pushed back to start at 1:18 p.m. local time.
Such delays are not unusual in competitive surfing, as it is perhaps the only organized sport that is both dependent on an uncontrollable variable the weather and defined by a literal uneven playing field the ocean.
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