Jérôme Brouillet’s photo of the floating surfer is a potentially defining image of the 2024 Olympics
Brazil's Gabriel Medina celebrates after a large wave in the fifth heat of the men's surfing round three at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. Photograph: Jérôme Brouillet/AFP via Getty Imagesviewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true.
“So he is at the back of the wave and I can’t see him and then he pops up and I took four pictures and one of them was this one,” said Brouillet.Olympics, Day 4 live updates: Men’s hockey team lose to India; Doyle and Lynch cruise into double sculls final‘She has put Grange on the map’: Mona McSharry’s Olympic success delights Co Sligo locals and blow-ins
Gabriel Medina rides in the barrel in the fourth heat of the men's surfing round one. Photograph: Jérôme Brouillet/AFP via Getty Images Medina, a three-time world champion, had appealed for a perfect wave score of 10 as he prepared to sail upwards but had to settle for 9.9, the best score of the Olympics so far. In an Instagram post later, the Christian surfer passed the praise on, quoting Paul from Philippians 4:13: “I can do everything through Him who strengthens me.”
For Brouillet, the memorable image was enjoyable but its lasting appeal he leaves for others to decide.
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