Ibelli, De Souza and Herdy confirmed in the Rio de Janeiro CT
The only thing left to do is to define the local wildcards to close the tables.
June 11, 2019
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Caio Ibelli, Adriano de Souza and Mateus Herdy have been confirmed for the fifth stage of the 2019 CT, the Oí Río Pro, the WSL reported on its website.
Ibelli will be there because Leonardo Fioravanti dislocated his shoulder during free surfing last week at The Box, Adriano de Souza is returning after knee and jaw surgery, and Mateus Herdy was chosen as a WSL wildcard for the tournament.
The local wildcards, one male and one female, remain to be defined.
The second will decide their place in a tournament the day before that will feature, among others, Daniel Templar, Joao Chianca and Leo Neves.
The series were as follows:
MEN
LADIES
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Related Notes:
Adriano de Souza injured his knee and had to leave the Portugal CT
He was competing against Joan Duru in his round 2 heat and left the water loaded by the medical staff
Adriano de Souza out for six months
He will miss the Pipe Masters but says he will be ready just in time for the start of 2019. That entry into the water cost him a torn cruciate ligament
Mateus Herdy, Reef Heazelwood and Isabella Nichols are the wildcards for the first CT
Several substitutes will also participate since Silvana Lima, Adriano de Souza, and Tyler Wright will not be there.
The Rio Pro starts on Friday without Slater, Parko, Ibelli or Conlogue
They will be replaced by Wright, Dantas, Pupo and Ado respectively. The trials will take place tomorrow.
