Spain and Peru started undefeated in Japan

The rest of the Hispanic teams saw at least one athlete fall to the repechage


16 September, 2018
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The teams from Spain and Peru were the only ones from the Spanish contingent that managed to get all six of their competitors into round 2 of the main event of the ISA World Surfing Games that began today in Japan on a day with lots of waves but poor conditions.

The waves grew but the shape seen in the last few days of free surfing was not the same. The battle to find an opening wave set the tone for the day.

Alonso Correa, Lucca Mesinas, Tomás Tudela, Sofía Mulanovich, Analí Gómez and Daniella Rosas on the Inca side, and Gony Zubizarreta, Andy Criere, Vicente Romero, Nadia Erostarbe, Garazi Sánchez and Leticia Canales are already in round 2 after making very good performances.

Then, Mexico and Costa Rica saw one of their members fall to the losers' round. The Aztecs suffered the fall of Leila Takeda, the Ticos the big surprise of Jairo Pérez not making it through his series.

Chile and Argentina suffered two heavy blows and saw two of their six athletes fall to the repechage: Guillermo Satt and Lorena Fica for the Chilean contingent and Lucía Indurain and Josefina Ané for the Argentines. The latter have yet to see the current youth champion, Nacho Gundesen, compete.

Ecuador, which travelled with an incomplete team, saw two strong competitors, Gato Chila and Bibi Rodríguez, fall into the repechage. The brothers Israel and Dominic Barona managed to advance.

Panama suffered a tough setback, with five of its six competitors falling to the playoffs. Oli Camarena saved the day, winning the first heat of the day against a Frenchman and a Swiss.

Salvadoran Bryan Pérez, who has been seen displaying good performances in videos, demonstrated that he knows how to compete and came in second in a difficult series that left out precisely Ecuadorian Bibi Rodríguez.

Guatemala had a bad day, with all three of its competitors who traveled to the event falling to the repechage.

While it was difficult to find the waves opening, there were moments of glory at Tahara. Pictured here, Pedro Henrique enjoys one. All images: ISA/Reed/Evans
Tomás Tudela attacks the lip on his way to first place in his series against a Swede and a Chinese.
Oli Camarena had a great time in his first heat of the day, knocking out a Frenchman, the defending team, in second place. The rest of the team members fell into the play-offs.
Guatemala went with three surfers and none of the three managed to get through, they all fell into the repechage. Lexter Escobar, in the photo, still enjoyed some good Japanese waves.
Always consistent, Mexican Dylan Southworth won his debut series against Duende Cross of Chile and Georgy Felkidi of Russia.
Jhony Corzo proved that he is a world champion for a reason and won his debut series at the event.
Nicaraguan Joel Chavez surfed well but failed to make it through his heat and was eliminated in the repechage.
The swell came into Tahara, but the beach break couldn't handle the size and finding a wall that opened up was what set the tone for the day.
Costa Rican Tomas King preparing for the flying drop, entering round 2 of the main event.
Eva Woodland making the five million Ticos proud, carving her way to round 2.
Duende Cross attacking a heavy lip, one of the Chilean's specialties.
In the end it was a Brazilian, Ian Gouveia, who wants to qualify for Lima 2019.
"I should have waited for that one to come in," thinks the surfer paddling out. There were some magical moments in Japan today.
Santiago Muñiz's speed applied under a Japanese lip. The Argentinean got into second place in the second round.
Muñiz doing a good right bottom.
Lucía Indurain had been enjoying one of the best moments of her career, achieving podium finishes in QS events. Today in Japan she was unable to maintain her level and placed third behind the French Justine Dupong and the Chilean Natalia Escobar who beat her by 0,07, needing 1,35.
When the sea is high, Lucía Cosoletto is a guarantee for the Argentine team. She finished second behind former CT Pauline Ado at 0,5 and beat her compatriot Josefina Ané.
Lele Usuna graces the beautiful Japanese landscape. The Argentinean is looking to become the only surfer in history to win three gold medals at the World Surfing Games.
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