Hawaii’s Carissa Moore eliminated in Olympic surfing quarterfinals, falls out of medal contention
Published: Aug. 1, 2024 at 3:42 PM HST
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s Carissa Moore was knocked out of medal contention on Thursday at the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti.
Moore lost in the quarterfinal round to France’s Johanne Defay with a final wave score of 10.34.
Carissa gained a final score of 6.50.
Moore was looking to defend her Gold Medal performance from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but will not have a chance to surf in the medal rounds.
Fellow Hawaii surfer John John Florence was also eliminated in Teahupo’o in the third round of the men’s competition.
The Olympics marked Moore’s final surf event before taking time away from the sport.
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