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Olympics-Gold burnishes surfing’s image in Brazilian heartland
Maria Clara Dornelas, 12, concentrates before competing at Maresia Pro in Baia Formosa, hometown of Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira who won gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, August 1, 2021. Picture taken August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
August 4, 2021
By Leonardo Benassatto
BAIA FORMOSA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s Italo Ferreira won surfing’s first ever Olympic gold in Tokyo, and if the reaction in his home town is anything to go by it won’t be the last for one of the world’s top surf nations, where many are at home on the waves.