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Athletes compete in the discipline of shortboard surfing, which is the sole event in the sport at the Olympics. The United States have won the most gold medals (2), while Brazil have won the most medals overall (3). Tsurigasaki, worlds first Olympic surf beach in Japan
Participants in the surf competitions will be the only ones not staying at the Olympic village on L'Île-Saint-Denis, and will instead stay on the ship M/V Aranui 5 anchored off Tahiti as the first floating Olympic village. [5] The surfing competition is also the only event held without spectators. [6]
Surfing at the Olympics is currently limited to high-performance shortboards only, [15] separated into categories of gender. If surfing is included in upcoming games such as Los Angeles 2028, or Brisbane 2032 other categories such as Longboarding, bodyboarding and SUP may be included. [16]
The Olympic surf competition is taking place nearly 10,000 miles away from Paris off the coast of the South Pacific French Polynesian island. In the fifth heat of the matchup, Medina caught a ...
The surfing competition is making waves at the 2024 Summer Olympics.. During the Aug. 5 women’s shortboard semifinal match between Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb and Costa Rica’s Brisa ...
This is the second consecutive medal for the U.S. in surfing, which became an Olympic sport in the Tokyo Games. Carissa Moore won gold for Team USA in the inaugural competition. Moore lost in the ...
2023 ISA World Surfing Games (continental qualification for Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania) – The highest-ranked eligible male and female surfer from Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania will be entitled to a spot for the Olympics; otherwise, it will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked surfer on the continent. The highest-ranked athlete ...
All winners of the Paris Olympics surfing competition are first-time Olympic medalists, after defending Olympic women’s champion Carissa Moore of the United States — who won at the Tokyo Games ...