Italo Ferreira wins first Olympic surfing gold medal
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Brazil’s Italo Ferreira defeated Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi 15.14 to 6.60 in the first Olympic surfing gold medal match. Ferreira posted a 7.77 and a 7.37 on his two highest-scoring waves.