With a view to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Hawaiian surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb decided to represent Brazil starting with the fourth stage of the tour, the Oí Rio Pro to be held in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro between May 10 and 20, The specialized site Waves reported.

The move is quite clever considering that in the order of hierarchy the CT is first, that there are a maximum of two women per country and that at the moment there is only one Brazilian (Silvana Lima) and everything indicates that this will remain the case in 2019.

If she were to continue representing Hawaii, she would have to qualify through the United States where Conlogue, Moore and Peterson dominate. With this, Weston-Webb practically guarantees herself a place in the games.

This is the second nation change this year for the CT, with Kanoa Igarashi, who previously competed for the United States, moving to Japan. Other country changes include Australian Frankie Harrer moving to Germany and American Giorgio Gomez moving to Colombia.

Weston-Webb was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, but moved to the island of Kauai as a child. She is the daughter of a Brazilian mother and an Englishman, which is what gives her the right to change and represent the green and yellow.