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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.
Originally published on July 26, 2021 5:23 pm
Surfing has deep roots, but for the first time, surfers are competing for medals at the Summer Olympics. At Tsurigasaki beach, 40 miles from Tokyo, they re also riding big waves ahead of a tropical storm. The incoming tide push over the afternoon does look to provide a lot of fun waves, reports Kurt Korte, the official surf forecaster for the Tokyo Olympics. He works for Surfline, a company based in Huntington Beach, Calif. He says while it might rain at Tsurigasaki beach, it should be a great day for the surfing finals at the Olympics.
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