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SA surfer Buitendag into Olympics final─── MORGAN PIEK 06:53 Tue, 27 Jul 2021
The South African surfer, Bianca Buitendag, is into the final of the surfing competition at the Olympics Games in Tokyo, Japan.
On Tuesday morning at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Buitendag beat Portugal’s Yolanda Hopkins in the quarter-finals. The South African scored 9.50, while Hopkins managed just 5.46 points.
In the semi-finals, Buitendag beat the USA's Caroline Marks quite comfortably. The South African scored a total of 11.00, while Marks managed just 3.67 points.
Buitendag will be the second medal winner at the Olympic Games for South Africa as she is guaranteed either a silver or a gold medal.
The final will take place at 9:31 against the winner of the second semi-final between Carissa Moore of the USA or Amuro Tsuzuki of Japan.
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