World Surfing Championship Igarashi breaks out of the first round on September 10 at 20:19
Men's competition started on the 10th at the World Surfing Championship held in Miyazaki City, and Igarashi Kanoa, who is expected to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, broke through the first round.
The World Surfing Championship has been held at Kizakihama in Miyazaki City since the 7th of this month, and the men's competition started on the 10th, the 4th day of the tournament.
In Japan, Igarashi, who won the first Japanese championship in the “Championship Tour” tournament, where the world's top players participate, appeared in May.
Igarashi surpassed the other two players in the same group by surfing with a sense of speed and surpassed the first round at the top of this group.
Igarashi said, “I have been less than a year away from the Tokyo Olympics, but first I want to do a good surf and win the tournament.”
On the 10th, the women's final was held before the men's competition began, and Peruvian Sofia Muranovic won the championship.