While the surfing events were taking place during the night of Monday, August 5 to Tuesday, August 6, a whale got right up close to the event. Even if it meant stealing the spotlight from the athletes…
Among the most beautiful Olympic Games of modern times, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris scored again during the night of Monday August 5 to Tuesday August 6.
If the Tahiti spot, and its legendary Teahupoo wave, already has some imitators for its heavenly setting, surfers have benefited from a surprise guest, during the last sessions there. Indeed, a whale was surprised near the athletes! It also had its little moment of celebrity.
Leaps behind the athletes
As the athletes were about to take to the Tahitian waves, this one stole the show, leaping into the heart of the archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.
Unless the mammal simply wanted to witness the French performances from the front row, since Johanne Defay won the bronze medal last night and Kauli Vaast, the local rider of the stage, obtained the gold medal.
