Hawaiian and Brazilian Tatiana Weston-Webb made official today her change of country, from the United States to Brazil, and with this she practically guaranteed her arrival at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Why is it that so far away from the event there is such a certainty that the athlete will qualify? Because in the order of hierarchy for qualifying for the Games, the CT appears first, then come the 2020 World Surfing Games, the 2019 World Surfing Games and the Pan American Games.

Until today, Brazil had one athlete, Silvana Lima, and Tatiana makes two. Basically, with this move, the two surfers need to stay in the CT until next year to fill the Brazilian quota for Tokyo 2020. Right now, Weston Webb is fourth; she has one foot in.

On the other hand, Silvana Lima always breaks through in the QS and the rest of the Brazilians have not had good performances in recent years in the entry division.

Regarding the news of his change of nationality, read here, in a note published on our site a week ago.

To learn more about the Tokyo qualification criteria, confirmed by the IOC, click here. 

Tatiana's video, now speaking Portuguese, is here:

@tatiwest has announced her decision to represent Brazil moving forward on the elite WSL Championship Tour as well as in preparation for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo Tatiana now represents Brazil in the elite of the WSL and in preparation for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo Read more : wsl.tv/Tatiana

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