Isa World Surfing Games 2025: Olympians deliver winning versions on the opening day of the competition

Brazils Sophia Medina Also struggled to find good waves while they moisture with fellow-spicy youngsters, 19-year-olds Tiara van der Huls of the Netherlands and Argentina Vera Jarisz.

The Brazilian 20-year-old caught the first wave to put itself on the board with 1.67 points, but fell in third place after Van der Huls and Jarisz had made their move. A 4.20-point wave bumped Medina until second place with less than eight minutes to go, but her grip on this position did not last long when she fell to third place again.

Medina finally clawed her way back to the second on the last wave, with a few minutes left on the clock, to completely enlarge her to 9.43.

“I was very nervous during that heat and I didn’t know what exactly I had to do, but I feel that we should have faith and I followed my intuition,” Medina said Olympics.com.

“El Salvador is one of my favorite places ever and I came here since I was small, but it has been a long time since I came the last time and it is a difficult wave because the tide changes a lot. It’s perfect, it’s nice, but it’s also difficult for us because there is so much water moving.

Medina makes her World Surfing Games debut a year after her older brother, Paris 2024 bronze medal winner and triple world champion Gabriel MedinaWon the title Surfing Games for men and helped Brazil to the overall and men’s team titles.

While he continues the torch after the burning 2024 Isa World Surfing Games -Run can be discouraging, luckily for Medina, her father and coach, brother and experienced teammates can always be to the hand to help with advice.

“I call (my father), we talk and I have something like:” Daddy, I don’t know which plate (to use), I’m a bit confused, “and he helps me stay calm,” Medina said laughing. “And also my brother, we texts so often and he is my best friend and is just honored to be the best friend of someone who went all the way this way as if I am going now and he really helps me to calm me down and gives me good energy.”