He nearly drowned but Jack Robinson just beat the world’s best surfer
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An Australian surfer who had to be rescued from drowning en route to the quarter-finals of the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti has likened his experience to being “in an avalanche”, describing conditions as “so dangerous and so crazy”.
Jack Robinson, 26, defeated world No. 1 John John Florence to advance to an all-Australian quarter-final with Ethan Ewing. But a storm system south of French Polynesia, where the Olympic surfing is taking place, made for terrifying action in Teahupo’o, with Robinson almost subjected to a “two-wave hold under”.
The Telegraph London
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