Lucas Plapp has undergone abdominal surgery in a Paris hospital after crashing in wet conditions during a trial race; Australia is leading the medal tally in Paris on day one. Follow live here.
Ethan Ewing has shown no fear on his return to the same waves that broke his back last year, qualifying for the third round of Olympic surfing. The Queenslander fractured two vertebrae in 2023 at the feared Teahupo’o break in Tahiti, which as part of French Polynesia is hosting surfing for the Paris Games. He had no such problems on Saturday , topping a low-scoring heat to reach the last 16.
90 – the lowest winning score of the men’s field. “I got a really good wave first up. It set up the heat,” Ewing said. “I’m really happy to get that first win and skip into the next round.” In his heat, Robinson employed a similar tactic, putting a 6.83 scoring ride on the board early. Facing scoreboard pressure from Frenchman Joan Duru, the Western Australian returned to the barrel for a 6.53 which commentators called “hardcore, critical surfing off a late drop” to sit on 13.36.
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