Losing To Japanese Surfer Kanoa Igarashi, Rio Waida Knocked Out In Tokyo Olympics Round Of 16

JAKARTA - The struggle of Indonesian surfer, Rio Waida, was stopped in the third round or round of 16 of the wave surfing branch of the Tokyo Olympics after losing to Japanese surfer Kanoa Igarashi, Monday afternoon.

Launching Antara, competing in Heat 1 at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Rio recorded a score of 12.00, better than Rio's two previous matches. However, the 21-year-old athlete has not been able to outperform Igarashi with a record score of 14.00.

The Rio vs Igarashi match was postponed for more than an hour due to the weather. When the match started, Rio looked difficult to choose the right waves, with the first wave after the match went on for more than five minutes.

Rio's first wave scoring record is superior to Igarashi's. However, Igarashi was able to score 8.00 in the third wave.

Not long after, Igarashi again recorded a pretty good score with a score of 6.00 in the fourth wave. This makes Igarashi's total score adrift far from Rio.

Even so, Rio, who wore a white jersey with the back number 19, still tried to chase the waves by recording a score of 5.83 in the sixth wave and 6.17 in the eighth wave. Unfortunately, Rio has not been able to score more when the whistle is blown to mark the end of the 30-minute match.

Rio started his first match at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday morning in the first round of the non-elimination round. The Indonesian-Japanese-blooded surfer has not been able to be in the top two positions in the Heat he plays, so he must undergo a second round or elimination round.

Rio then escaped from the elimination round and headed to the third round or round of 16. In the "man-on-man" round, only the first-placed surfers could advance to the quarter-finals, so Rio was forced out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.