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Tokyo-bound Australian beats Johanne Defay of France in final Victory propels Fitzgibbons to second on WSL rankings Sally Fitzgibbons claimed her first WSL title of the season with victory over Johanne Defay in the final at Rottnest Island. Photograph: Cait Miers/World Surf League/Getty Images Sally Fitzgibbons claimed her first WSL title of the season with victory over Johanne Defay in the final at Rottnest Island. Photograph: Cait Miers/World Surf League/Getty Images AustralianAssociatedPress Tue 25 May 2021 00.01 EDT Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 01.11 EDT Australian surf star Sally Fitzgibbons sent a message to her Olympic rivals with victory at the World Surf League event at Rottnest Island. With just under two months before the start of the Games in Tokyo, where surfing will feature for the first time, Fitzgibbons found form in Western Australia to claim her first title of the season. ....
The four-event Australian leg maxed out World Surf League competitors. Sally Fitzgibbons and Gabriel Medina won Rip Curl's Rottnest Island Search. ....
Community Despite his affinity for the icon, Colapinto took down Taj Burrow in the elimination round. Photo: Matt Dunbar/World Surf League It seems wild Western Australia continues to dazzle and throw competitors surprises and for some reprieve with challenging conditions at Strickland Bay divvying the competitive field up. The wave has proven super-fast, forcing the world’s best to position themselves with critical judgment before generating enough speed and ensuring their maneuvers throw the most water enough to garner the highest points. Or, as charismatic WSL commentator Ronnie Blakey so eloquently put it after one such turn, “it’s still raining at the Rotto pub with all that spray! ....
Staff Just a few minutes into the first elimination round heat on Day Two of the Rip Curl Rottnest Search at Strickland Bay, a shark was spotted in the water nearby, pausing the heat (1:36:30 in the video above). Griffin Colapinto, Jack Freestone, and Taj Burrow were competing for a spot in the round of 32 after losing in their respective seeding rounds, when the horn sounded and jet skis came whizzing in to collect the surfers. As World Surf League Head of Competition Jessi Miley-Dyer explained, “We have a 200-meter radius that is an instant pull out for us… What we’re going to do now is have the plane and the drone sweep the area for us and when we’re absolutely sure [the shark] isn’t there we’ll restart.” ....