Not Yet Able To Occupy The Top 2 Rankings, Rio Waida To The Elimination Round Surfing The Waves At The Tokyo Olympics

Rio Waida (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian surfer Rio Waida has not been able to occupy the top two rankings in the first round of surfing at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday morning, so he has to go to the elimination round in the second round.

Competing in Heat 3 at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Rio competed with Kolohe Andino from the US, Lucca Machineas from Peru and Julian Wilson from Australia.

Rio, who wore a blue jersey with the back number 19, had to settle for third place with a record score of 9.96.

According to Antara, the first position was occupied by Machineas with a score of 11.40, and the second position was occupied by Andino. Meanwhile, Wilson who is under Rio recorded a score of 8.77.

Surfing, which debuted at the Tokyo Olympics, takes place in six rounds that will gradually tighten the competition between 20 men and 20 women for medals.

The first round, which just took place, was a non-elimination round. Surfers are divided into five heats, each consisting of four surfers.

The top two surfers immediately advance to the third round, while the bottom two surfers go to the second round, namely the first elimination round.

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With Rio's score in the first round, the 21-year-old athlete must head to the second round which is scheduled to take place at noon today, at 11.40 WIB for Heat 1 and 12.20 WIB for Heat 2.

The second round will feature two heats consisting of five surfers each. The top three surfers from each heat will advance to the third round, while the bottom two surfers will be eliminated from the Tokyo Olympics.