Five-Time Surfing World Champion Secures Her Spot in 2024 Olympics

There is less than a year until the Paris Olympics, and the World Surf League (WSL) and Championship Tour (CT) have already begun to propose qualified names. Back in 2010, a surfer from Honolulu, Hawaii, joined the CT, instantly jeopardizing Stephanie Gilmore’s reign. Growing up shredding in Hawaiian waters only helped unleash an outpouring of dominance that shifted paradigms in WSL’s history. Five-time surfing world champion Carissa Moore has maintained her top position in the WSL score and bounced back to her peak form as the competition intensified.

After the recent contest, a spot is now reserved in the tier-one surfing competition for the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024. Although the WSL heat is still in progress, the US Surf Team’s pro-qualifier record strongly predicts an Olympic gold result.

Surfing icon wins her way to the next Games

As one of the top two American women, Carissa Moore is certain to finish the 2023 WSL CT after winning the opening heat in Tahiti on August 11. The World Surf League rankings this season enable Moore to secure a provisional spot in the upcoming Olympic Games as per the Olympics. Additionally, she held the top spot in the last two competitions, confirming her second chance to clinch an Olympic gold medal in surfing.

In this season’s events, the 30-year-old Hawaiian surfer won three heats out of eight while ranking number one in women’s CT 2023. The second American berth will go to either Caroline Marks or Caitlin Simmers under the rule of two quotas per gender and per nation. The WSL contests will determine the first 10 men and 8 women in the surfing heat who will be eligible for the upcoming Olympics.

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Reaching the quarterfinals at Teahupo’o, Australian surfer Tyler Wright will now battle against Moore for the title of this year’s World Champion. The iconic Olympic site with enormous barrels, potent drops, and a shallow reef will be waiting for the surfers shortly as they take home the season’s trophy. For Moore, it is glorious news to return to the global spot where she first made her reputation in surfing.

Debut record by the surfer in the Olympics

Surfing made its Olympic debut and featured the greatest surfers in the world at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the finals of the women’s Olympic surfing competition at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Moore emerged as the top female surfer in the world. Under ominous clouds, the Olympic surfing final was held in a 35-minute heat while participants switched riding waves. After defeating South African Bianca Buitendag that day, Moore became the first woman ever to win an Olympic surfing gold medal.

After her triumphant win, Moore beamed with joy and said, “I’ll be surfing until I’m in the ground.” Moore has come a long way from threatening the position of a seasoned female surfer in her rookie year to winning the Olympic gold medal. Moore is undoubtedly a fierce competitor. As the Olympics draw closer, the surfing community eagerly anticipates the Hawaiian surfer’s next significant move toward securing the medal for the United States.

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