Three-time world surfing champion Brazilian Gabriel Medina received the highest score in the Olympic surfing competition – 9.9 out of 10. Teaupo’o in Tahiti, the site chosen to host the surfing competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games.
According to WorldAn AFP photographer captured the surfer emerging from a five-metre wave and standing upright on the other side of the wave, giving the impression of floating in the water. At that moment, Gabriel made a victory sign.
Jerome Bruye explains that “the conditions were perfect.” “Those that were higher than I expected.I was on a boat with six other photographers and couldn’t see Medina, who was inside the wave.”
In a photo that has been circulated on social media, the photographer adds that “it was not a difficult photo. It was enough to calculate the moment and place where Medina would exit the wave,” he says.
“I was surprised by the effect, I was communicating a lot on social media,” adds Jerome, whose photo instantly spread across several media outlets around the world.
According to the same source, Gabriel Medina was born in Maresias, São Paulo, and began swimming when his parents divorced. He trained from a young age and already had several sponsors in 2011. He won three world championships between 2014 and 2021.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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