Surfing-Australia's Gilmore claims record eighth world title, Toledo wins first

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:Australia's Stephanie Gilmore surfed her way through the field to claim a record-breaking eighth world title, overcoming Hawaii's five-times world champion Carissa Moore in the final in Southern California on Thursday. Brazil's Filipe Toledo beat countryman Italo Ferreira in the men's final to claim his f

:Australia's Stephanie Gilmore surfed her way through the field to claim a record-breaking eighth world title, overcoming Hawaii's five-times world champion Carissa Moore in the final in Southern California on Thursday.

Its long, sloping walls, seldom much above head-height, were ideally suited to Toledo's arsenal of searing carves and high-speed aerial punts. Toledo and Ferreira are leading figures in a tight-knit pack known as the"Brazilian Storm", who have between them won all but two of the men's world titles since 2014, as well as taking the first men's Olympic gold medal through Ferreira.Gilmore, 34, also had to battle through the field to reach the title decider, overcoming Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica, Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb and France's Johanne Defay.

 

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