It’s not gold, but regardless Jack Robinson’s silver medal is huge for surfing in Australia and has the potential to set up the sport for the next eight years heading into a home Olympics, says the Surfing Australia CEO.
Jack Robinson has created history in Teahupo’o by claiming Australia’s first Olympic silver medal in surfing but a mishap in practice could have ended it all.
A surfing photographer who witnessed Aussie Olympic Jack Robinson’s near drowning has described the brutal Tahiti break confronting surfers as “like going 20 rounds with Mike Tyson without any breath”.
In the space of two heats, the Australian surfing contingent in Tahiti went from three to one. But the one surfer remaining, Jack Robinson, is ready to break through any barrier as he showed in his quarter final victory at the famous Teahupo’o reef.
One of Australia’s biggest gold medals chances sent a major injury scare through the Olympic team after being whisked out of the water by jet ski after coming off a wave in Tahiti, but he’s sensationally backed to fire when it matters.
There will be no surfing on The Seine at these Games, with the ocean event set to be held in Tahiti. Here’s your quick guide to the event.
More than 15,000km away from Paris a select few Olympians will be paddling into waves off Tahiti that have taken lives. Check out our interactive guide to Teahupo’o and hear from the Aussie legends who have crossed its path.
Named after her hero Ash Barty it’s the surfboard Molly Picklum hopes to ride all the way to gold, but the Wimbledon champion is playing an even bigger role in the young surfer’s Olympic quest.
The injury mystery around surf star Tyler Wright has been solved and despite sounding scary she says she’s never felt better ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Ruby Trew’s father — and now coach — knew early there was something special about his daughter when she was better than him on a skateboard at age five. A decade on they are together heading to the Olympic Games in Paris this month.
Molly Picklum says the surf team would prefer to keep a ‘familiar’ scene at the Olympics rather than take up luxury cruise ship offer, to allow for ‘freedom’ amid new boundaries at Games.
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