Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing - Men's Shortboard - Round 1 - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Italo Ferreira of Brazil in action during Heat 1 REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
TOKYO (Reuters) -Some of the world's top surfers made history on Sunday as their sport made its long-awaited Olympic debut, with Brazil's Italo Ferreira and American Carissa Moore emerging victorious in the first heats at the Tokyo Games.
"I'm so stoked, it's a special event and I've been training a lot these last couple of months, I'm so glad to be here," Ferreira told reporters after edging out Hiroto Ohhara, Leonardo Fioravanti and Leandro Usuna to qualify directly for the third round.
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