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Kanoa Igarashi has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after participating in a World Surfing Games event in El Salvador on Monday. | INTERNATIONAL SURFING ASSOCIATION / VIA KYODO
Kyodo Jun 1, 2021
Kanoa Igarashi sealed his Tokyo Olympic selection Monday at the World Surfing Games in El Salvador, the final qualifier for this summer’s games.
The 23-year-old needed only to participate in the ongoing event after placing sixth in the World Surf League’s Championship Tour in 2019. The top 10 surfers on the tour earned Tokyo Games berths, provided they took part in the ensuing World Surfing Games.
What is the competition format?
A total of 40 athletes (20 men and 20 women) will compete, broken down into multiple rounds, eventually leading to gold and bronze medal finals.
The initial rounds will have four and five-person heats, and the main rounds (round 3 onwards) will have two-person heats, where the winner advances to the next round and the loser is eliminated.
The top two surfers from each heat in round 1 will advance directly to round 3. The bottom two surfers will move onto round 2, which acts as essentially as a repechage’ or ‘second chance’ round. The top three surfers in each heat will advance to round 3, where surfers are seeded into a bracket using their results from the first two rounds, as well as their world ranking.
Introducing: Japanese Olympic Qualifier Shino Matsuda
Hawaiian freesurf sessions with Japanese up-and-comer
Photo: Pedro Gomes
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Like it or not, surfing’s inclusion in the Olympics is clearly a big freaking deal. It’s the gold standard for international sport, viewed by millions worldwide, bringing surfing to more television screens than ever before. And the same goes for the athletes who will be competing in surfing’s inaugural appearance in the Games – it will boost their profiles more than any other previous competition, endorsement, or single epic wave ridden.
Take, for example, Shino Matsuda. The 18-year-old Japanese surfer has qualified for the 2021 Games (by being the highest ranked surfer in Asia on the ISA) and yet, on surfing’s current world stage, she’s still relatively unknown. But that’s all gonna change come July 23rd when the Games begin. Best start getting to know Matsuda now, because you’re going to be seeing a lot more of
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