The competitors needed to be known as off earlier than the third spherical of the ladies’s occasion might get underway, as howling winds and rain squalls swept in, sabotaging the spectacular units. Nonetheless, spirits had been excessive among the many rivals who didn’t have an opportunity to paddle out.
“I do not suppose as surfers we might have requested for extra within the first few days of this Olympic Video games — it actually confirmed what this wave can do and what the surfers can do,” American surfer Carissa Moore, the reigning gold medalist from the Tokyo Video games, advised Reuters. Moore and a handful of different professionals nonetheless discovered a option to hit the waves within the afternoon, browsing at a close-by seaside with some native youngsters on the island.
