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15 record-breaking moments you might’ve missed at the Paris Olympics

August 9, 20240
Gabriel Medina of Brazil earned the highest single-wave score in the history of Olympic surfing.

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More than 9,000 miles from the action in Paris, Olympic surfers gathered at Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in France.

One of the most iconic moments of the competition came from 30-year-old Gabriel Medina. The Brazilian surfer broke an Olympic record, scoring a 9.90 in the third round of the men’s surfing competition, leading to this incredible image.

Photographer Jerome Brouillet posted the image on Instagram, writing in the caption, “That day, Gabriel was in the water at the right place, at the right time, and so was I.”

Medina went on to earn a bronze medal, improving on his fourth-place finish in Tokyo.

The US became the first nation in Olympic history to surpass 3,000 medals across the Summer and Winter Games.
The 2024 Olympics in Paris are the first Games with gender equality.

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In April 2024, the International Olympic Committee reported that Paris would be the first Olympics where half the athletes competing would be women.

In 1924 — the last time Paris hosted the Games — only 4.4% of the athletes were women, a strong reminder of progress.