Spain, Peru and Chile share first place in the overall team ranking

The rest of the Hispanic countries saw at least one athlete eliminated after a marathon day of surfing at the ISA World Championships in Japan


17 September, 2018
|EN News
|POR Pablo Zanocchi

Spain, Peru and Chile, along with eight other nations, share first place in the overall team ranking at the ISA World Surfing Games, which had a marathon second day of competition, with some 60 heats taking place on two podiums that included three repechage rounds.

All of Spain, Peru and Chile managed to keep their six athletes alive. If you like, the situation for Spain and Peru is still more positive because they have five surfers still in the main event (with two lives left) and Chile only has two surfers in this situation (Manuel Selman who has already made it to round 3 and Jessica Anderson who still has to compete in her round 2 heat).

Costa Rica and Argentina are next in line in 12th place, and they both saw one of their surfers eliminated from the event. The Costa Ricans lost Jairo Pérez and the Argentines were the protagonists of one of the biggest surprises of the tournament when they saw the former two-time world champion Leandro Usuna fall, but he couldn't beat the Kiwi Billy Stairmand and the Swedish resident of Costa Rica, Swen Zaug.

Meanwhile, Mexico, which had started the event very well, lost two of its competitors, Leila Takeda and Rey Hernandez. Panama also lost two, Kalani Garcia and Sonia Garcia.

Ecuador, which had suffered a couple of surprises on the first day, continues to advance with its four competitors, although with its biggest star, Mimi Barona, now running in the repechage after falling in round 2 to former CT Bianca Buitendag and Pauline Ado.

Closing the partial ranking for teams, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua closed their participation in the World Cup today, losing all their competitors in the competition.

In terms of personal participation, it is worth highlighting the Spanish Garazi Sánchez, the Costa Rican Coral Wiggins and the Mexican Shelby Detmers who are already among the 24 in round 3 of the main event (four heats of round 2 remain to compete).

Among the men, Mexico's Dylan Southworth and Jhony Corzo, Peru's Tomas Tudela, Lucca Mesinas and Alonso Correa (the latter two spent one heat together), Costa Rica's Anthony Fillingim and Tomas King, Spain's Gony Zubizarreta and Vicente Romero, Ecuador's Israel Barona and Argentina's Santiago Muñiz are already through to Round 3, among the only 32 surfers who remain intact through the main event (three heats away from the grand final and medals).

The event continues tomorrow with another marathon of two podiums. 62 heats will be run to determine the members of the men's round 6 of the repechage and main event and the women's round 5 of the main event and 4 of the repechage.

The waves dropped very little, settled down and continued sending walls and barrels. In the photo, the American Zoe McDougal takes advantage. All photos: ISA/Reed/Evans
Namibia in Japan for the ISA World Surfing Games.
Tomás Tudela continued his hot streak and made it to round 3 of the main event.
Lucca Mesinas finding the shadow in Tahara. The Peruvian won a historic series with his friend Alonso Correa, finishing second, sending an Englishman and a Swiss to the repechage.
Two locals enjoy the view and in the middle world champion Jhony Corzo keeps his form, making it into round 3 of the main event.
Kalani García was the first male loss from the Panamanian team.
Oli Camarena fell to the repechage in round 2 and there he recovered, moving on to the next series.
Alonso Correa, heading into round 3 of the main event. At that moment in the water was Lucca Mesinas who advanced alongside him.
Daniella Rosas fell in the women's repechage and will now face two Dutch players and a Korean. She has everything to get through this series.
Vicente Romero hitting a Japanese lip to get into round 3 of the main event.
The tip of that board belongs to Mexican Dylan Southworth, who by riding like this managed to get into the top 32 of the main event.
Garazi Sánchez surfed very well and is now among the 24 who remain undefeated through the main event.
Salvadoran Bryan Pérez said goodbye to the tournament today but he can't say that he didn't enjoy a good dose of Japanese waves.
Andy Criere suffered a first setback in the event and fell to round 2 of the repechage, which he passed without problems, winning his series.
Ecuadorian Israel Barona heading into round 3 of the main event.
Despite performing maneuvers like the one in the photo, Costa Rican Zulay Martínez fell to the second women's playoff.
Zulay landed some good right hands today in Japan.
Costa Rican Tomás King is making solid progress in the event and is already in round 3 of the main event.
Jairo Pérez was the first loss for the Costa Ricans, losing against a Filipino and a Dutchman.
Another one who continues to advance confidently is the current Costa Rican national champion, Anthony Fillingim.
Duende Cross finding a tube "a la Reñaca" but in Japanese lands and getting into round 3 of the repechage.
Chilean Manuel Selman attacks Tahara's lip and advances to round 3 of the main event.
Brazilian Ian Gouveia inside a Japanese tube, heading into round 3 of the main event.
By far the biggest surprise of the event so far was Lele Usuna, two-time ISA world champion, who was unable to beat Billy Stairmand and Swiss Swen Zaugg, with whom he tied at 7,5 on his two best waves, but lost in the tiebreaker. He still took a good tube.
Nacho Gundesen on his way to winning his repechage heat 2 and staying alive in the event.
Tahara's consistency never ceases to surprise. The sea is expected to recede, but tomorrow there will be waves and they will take advantage of them, with 62 series going into the water and two podiums.

 

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