Surfing has "so much potential" as an Olympic sport following its addition to the Tokyo 2020 programme, multiple world snowboard cross champion Lindsey Jacobellis has claimed at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Championships here.
Hosts and defending champions the United States have narrowly lost the lead to upcoming Olympic hosts Japan after the seventh day of competition at the International Surfing Association (SA) World Junior Surfing Championships here in Huntington Beach.
International Surfing Association (ISA) technical director Eric Krammer has said getting the sport into the Olympic Games is "huge" and that it is inspiring athletes to compete at a higher level.
Japan and hosts the United States are the only teams with all their surfers still left in the competition, after the sixth day of action here at the 2018 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Championships in Huntington Beach today.
The United States have had a near perfect start to the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Championships in Huntington Beach, with 11 of their 12 surfers passing every heat so far.
Surfers on Huntington Beach in California were greeted with perfect conditions today as repechage action began at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Championships.
France's Justin Becret and Mexico's Alan Cleland both performed impressively today as action continued at the World Junior Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach in the United States.
Girls dominated the headlines during the first full day of action at the 2018 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Championships in California.
Japan's Riaru Ito was the stand-out performer as action began today at the World Junior Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach in the United States.
A record number of women and countries are set to compete when Huntington Beach hosts the World Junior Surfing Championships from tomorrow.
The risk that lack of suitable waves will spoil the inaugural Olympic surfing competition at Tokyo 2020 in two years' time is "minimal", according to French surfer Justine Dupont.
An educational anti-doping event which took place in Japan at the 2018 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games in Tahara City has been hailed as a success by the ISA and the Japanese Anti-Doping Agency (JADA).
International Surfing Association President Fernando Aguerre has praised the success of the 2018 World Surfing Games in Japan, with the sport set to make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.
Surfing’s Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 with have garnered greater focus in the host country after Japan were able to celebrate their maiden World Surfing Games gold in Tahara.
Spain pipped Japan to the top of the medal podium in the Aloha Cup at the 2018 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games in Tahara in Japan.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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