Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
Salvadoran surfer Bryan Pérez made the largest headlines this Friday, by beating and eliminating Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist and world champion Ítalo Ferreira, within the direct elimination spherical at Surf Metropolis El Salvador Professional.
Bryan Pérez as soon as once more resonated among the many greats of browsing, however this time, on the second day of the competitors of the seventh stage of the WSL Championship 2024, by getting his ticket to the spherical of 16 on the expense of one of many favourite figures to compete within the remaining, Ítalo Ferreira.
With the class of the Salvadoran when using the waves of Punta Roca, the surfer within the blue and white went from 7.00 to fifteen.33, a rating with which he not solely sentenced the collection towards Ferreira, but additionally his permanence and advance to the subsequent spherical, by saying goodbye the primary Olympic gold medalist within the historical past of browsing since this water sport was accepted into the Tokyo 2020 video games.
The surfer already confirmed to take part within the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, was the primary to realize a victory within the WSL Championship Tour; Nevertheless, he was eradicated within the spherical of 16 towards John Florence, the #1 of the World Surf League.
Bryan Pérez’s first wave was scored with 6.83 whereas Florence’s with 4.33, and later the primary wave was 0.43 in comparison with the Salvadoran surfer’s 6.17. Within the third, the British rose with 8.93 above Pérez’s 6.10 and the fourth, which was the ultimate one, the rival completed with 0.87 in comparison with the native’s 0.93.
Perez was hundredths away from eliminating one of the crucial essential figures within the championship; Nevertheless, the Salvadoran completed his stage and can proceed coaching forward of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, for which he has already been confirmed.
In the identical waves of Punta Roca, the Salvadoran surfer gained the bronze medal on the San Salvador 2023 Central American and Caribbean Video games final yr, and shared the rostrum with the Mexican Sebastián Williams and the Venezuelan Francisco “Lolo” Bellorin.
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