Surfing-Local Fierro wins Tahiti Pro to boost French Olympic medal hopes


Surfing - World Surf League - Tahiti Pro - Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia - May 29, 2024 France's Vahine Fierro in action during the women's final REUTERS/Thomas Bevilacqua

(Reuters) -Local wildcard Vahine Fierro won the Shisheido Tahiti Pro in pumping surf at her home break of Teahupo'o on Wednesday, establishing herself as a favourite for gold when the Paris Olympics kick off at the same venue in two months.

Fierro, who is not on the top-tier world championship tour but has qualified to represent France at the Olympics, was unstoppable in the heaving tubes as waves reached heights of four to five metres.

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