Filipe Toledo is eliminated from the Paris Olympics after losing to Reo Inaba

Last Monday (29), the third day of the Olympic surfing competition, another Brazilian said goodbye to the competition. Filipe Toledo, who had the highest total score of his career in the repechage against Billy Stairmand, did not achieve high scores in the round of 16 and is out of the Olympics. Filipe did not find his feet in the competition against Reo Inaba and achieved a score far below what was expected of him.

dangerous sea

Yesterday (29), the sea was rough and dangerous with huge waves. Filipe Toledo had a tense dispute with the Japanese Inaba, both had their boards broken in half during the competition and had to be rescued by jet-skis, in fact, one of the jet-skis that rescued Filipe ran aground in the shallowest part of the sea, forcing the surfer to get off and wait for another jet-ski to rescue him. Even with big waves, Filipe made bad choices and was unable to find the ideal wave. At the end of the heat, Filipe finished with 2.46 and Inaba with 6.00, advancing to the next phase.

After the defeat, Filipe spoke a little about his performance and said that his mistake was indecision: “I think I was a bit lost when choosing a wave. I was undecided about which one would be good. There were two good waves at the beginning that I let pass me by. They were smaller waves, but they had the potential to win the heat. But that’s it. Surfing is like that. One day we’re up there and the next we end up not catching a wave.”

In the end, Filipinho still tried to give it his last push, but it wasn't enough, despite good attempts the Brazilian says goodbye to the competition and doesn't go to the round of 16.

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_{Filipe Toledo surfing at the Paris Olympic Games (Photo: reproduction/Getty Images Embed/Pool)}

Brazilians in search of gold

Despite Filipe's elimination, Brazilian surfers are still in the competition, both in the men's and women's categories. Gabriel Medina and João Chianca defeated their opponents in the quarterfinals and will face each other in the round of 16. In the women's category, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Tainá Hlnckel and Luana Silva are still in the running for gold in Tahiti.

Featured photo: Filipe Toledo celebrating qualifying for the round of 16 of the 2024 Olympics (reproduction/Instagram/@filipetoledo)