For the first time in history, the Spanish team won the gold medal in the Aloha Cup, the tag team event of the ISA World Surfing Games that today celebrated its fifth day of competition in Japan.

With just a few minutes left in the grand final, Spain was just over 1,5 points behind Japan. Vicente Romero managed to get 1,7 points and ran back to the box, arriving just seconds before the double horn sounded.

When the beach announcer announced the winners, Spain exploded with joy at the historic medal.

Gony Zubizarreta, who clocked 6,27 to bring the Spaniards closer to first place, said: “Winning gold is an incredible feeling. It is the first for Spain and without a doubt the ISA Aloha Cup has been the most fun part of the event. Competing against the other teams, the races, the stress, make it very intense.”

“We had a slow start but thanks to the three waves that Leticia Canales got, we recovered. We needed a wave in the last minute and we managed to finish in the last seconds. It was incredible,” concluded the surfer from Galicia.

Japan, meanwhile, won silver, 0,26 points behind, and for the second day in a row a foreigner ruined their party in their face.

In third place was Costa Rica, repeating the bronze it had won two years earlier at the World Surfing Games held in Jacó.

Final result
1: Spain with 45,22 points
2: Japan with 44,96
3: Costa Rica with 42,57
4: United States with 41,73

 

 

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For the first time in history, the Spanish team won the @isasurfing Aloha Cup, a few hours ago in Tahara. The final was decided in the last minutes against the locals from Japan who finished 0,26 points behind. Costa Rica came in third place and the United States in fourth. The team formed by @gonyzubizarreta @vicente_romero @acriere @letscanales @nadiaerostarbe and @garazisanchez is making history in Japan. Video by @fesurfing_

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