Tia Blanco also said no to Lima 2019
The Puerto Rican chose to be at the US Open. It is presumed that the free spot will be occupied by another Puerto Rican: Jolari Carrera.
Puerto Rican Tia Blanco withdrew from Lima 2019, according to her country's newspaper El Vocero. According to her country's Olympic committee, Blanco chose two QS competitions over participating in Lima.
The two events are the Supergirls Pro and the US Open of Surfing, which take place between July 20 and August 5, the same dates as the continental tournament.
Blanco's withdrawal was made public at the same time as those of Costa Ricans Leilani McGonagle and Brisa Hennessy, who opted for the same path: Going for QS points, despite the fact that Lima 2019 offers a place for a qualifier for Tokyo 2020.
It has not been announced who will take the open spot. If the same criteria as with the rest of the participants are followed, another Puerto Rican should be included: Jolari Carreras.
Other athletes who denied their participation were Summer Macedo and Zoe McDougall.
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Rain of qualifiers for Lima 2019
A crucial day brought surfers from Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile, Uruguay, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Canada into the second largest multi-sport tournament in the world
Rosas, Zelasko, Anderson, Hennessy, Barona, Álvarez, Tuach, Blanco and Ribeiro qualified for Lima 2019
The nations that will qualify two surfers for the ranking by category are yet to be defined. The aforementioned are already certain to make it to the second largest multi-sport event in the world.
Samanta Alonso from Panama got into Lima 2019
American Summer Macedo withdrew from the event presumably because it coincides with the US Open
These are the first to qualify for the Lima 2019 surfing competition
A Peruvian, an Argentine and two Americans are already safely inside Lima 2019
René Gough's situation ahead of Lima 2019
In the last official statement it was said that the Dominican would qualify if what happened in France happened, but a special situation was not taken into account so the Dominican may be left out.
Tickets for the Lima 2019 surfing competition are now on sale
They cost between $6 and $9 for the general public. It is not clear what will happen to those sold for days that are within the waiting period and there is no event.
The surfing test in Lima 2019 will use all the marked days
There will be no waiting for waves. The open series will be man to man from round 1 and there will be double elimination until the end.
