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The greenest games ever? How claims of Olympic sustainability hit a reef in Tahiti

A greener games? Certainly that is what Paris promised when it made environmental sustainability, innovation and leadership central to its successful bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Conversation

The wave "at the end of the road": A look at the unique features of the Olympic Games surf spot

This month some of the world’s best surfers will travel to Tahiti, French Polynesia, to compete for gold on what is referred to as one of the heaviest waves in the world

The Independent UK

Breakdancing, DJs and Tahitian surf: Paris 2024 is going for gold in Olympic innovation

Think of the Olympic Games and for many of us it conjures images of the traditional marquee events: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics. But the games are changing – and the Paris Olympics will take it to a new level.

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Olympic surfing brings to light often overlooked history of women at Teahupo’o

The WSL have revived women’s events at the heavy wave in Tahiti but past surfing feats are only now being recalled ahead of the Paris Games

The Guardian - AU

Tyler Wright ‘100% ready’ for Olympics but Fitzgibbons on standby to surf in Tahiti

The two-time world champion insists she will be ready to represent Australia in Tahiti next month but Surfing Australia have got a standby in place if needed

The Guardian - AU

Paris is aiming for the most sustainable Olympics yet. Organizers acknowledge the plan isn't perfect

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set ambitious goals for environmental sustainability

The Independent UK

Ferreira reigns in monster Tahiti Pro swell

Brazil's Italo Ferreira has won the Tahiti Pro in perfect Teahupo'o conditions, but the Tokyo gold medallist won't be returning there to defend his Games title.

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‘Teahupo’o is for the women after all’: flawless surfing vindicates push for gender equality

Progress was crystalised in Tahiti this week as elite female surfers fearlessly charged one of the globe’s most testing waves

The Guardian - AU

Ewing duel looms as swell arrives, Tahiti Pro delivers

Tahiti's Olympic wave will be pumping when Australian Ethan Ewing faces an early Games pressure test against retiring American surfing legend Kelly Slater.

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A British sci-fi writer correctly predicted almost everything about modern living 60 years ago, from AI to remote work

“It will be possible—perhaps only 50 years from now—for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali just as well as he could from London,” Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," said.

Fortune

Teahupo'o surfing contest still waiting on swell

Surfers in the WSL championship tour event at Tahiti's Teahupo'o break are still waiting on the arrival of a big swell for competition to restart.

AAP

Aussies Picklum, Wright through to last eight in Tahiti

Molly Picklum and Tyler Wright are through to the quarter-finals of the Tahiti Pro as the Australian pair get to grips with the Olympic break at Teahupo'o.

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Third successive lay day called at surfing's Tahiti Pro

The venue for the Olympic surfing competition is struggling with poor swell after a third consecutive lay day for the WSL Championship Tour at Teahupo'o.

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Australia's Olympic surfers welcome Teahupo'o challenge

Leading Australians Jack Robinson and Molly Picklum are hoping the Olympic surf venue of Tahiti's Teahupo'o lives up to its fearsome reputation.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Losses have made me hungrier’: the New Zealand surfer chasing Olympic gold at Teahupo’o

After setbacks and the death of her beloved father, Saffi Vette says she is ready to take on the famous break in Tahiti

AAP

Wright to lead surfing quartet in Tahiti for Olympics

Australia have named a strong team for the Olympic surfing event in Tahiti featuring Tyler Wright, Molly Picklum, Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s surf star Ethan Ewing: ‘Anything to do with the Olympics is on another level’

After breaking his back at the fearsome Teahupo’o, the ‘Ice Man’ will face his demons in Tahiti later this year in a bid for gold

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Sydney surfer O'Leary earns Olympic selection for Japan

Australian surfer Connor O'Leary will represent Japan - the country of his mother's birth - at this year's Paris Olympics, which will be contested in Tahiti.

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‘Seven screws in my head’: Australian Tyler Wright breathes easier after ‘life-changing’ procedure

Champion surfer was ‘semi-suffocating’ due to small airway but is now in good shape to compete at the Paris Olympics event in Tahiti

The Guardian - AU

24 in 2024: marriage dreams, back to school and barefoot in Tahiti

Stockroom worker Wilson Poareu plans to study accounting and feels hopeful despite the world facing ‘more difficulties’ this year

Radio France Internationale

Police raid Paris town hall in probe over mayor's trip to Tahiti

Investigators raided Paris town hall Tuesday as part of a probe into a taxpayer-funded trip by mayor Anne Hidalgo to the French Pacific island Tahiti, according to reports from French news agency AFP.

The Guardian - AU

‘I’m doing it for both nations’: Australian surfer Connor O’Leary riding the storm to lead Japan’s Olympic tilt

The Cronulla-born world No 5 is surfing a wave of controversy after deciding to switch his allegiances from Australia to Japan in a bid for the Paris 2024 Olympics

The Guardian - AU

World surfing body joins local opposition to controversial new Olympics tower in Tahiti

ISA says it has suggested more environmentally friendly solutions for judging the surf competition in Teahupo’o, known for its natural beauty

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Controversy lingers as Paris Olympics push ahead with surfing tower

Paris Olympics organizers face opposition from the International Surfing Association over the construction of a tower at the surfing venue in Tahiti. Despi...

The Independent UK

New tower at surfing venue in Tahiti blowing up again as problem issue for Paris Olympic organizers

Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will continue on a new tower for judges and TV cameras at the surfing venue in Tahiti

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