After making a run into the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics ¡ª and nearly pulling off the kind of ending you only see in movies ¡ª Kanoa Igarashi is turning the page.
He¡¯ll have time to admire the silver medal he earned at the Olympics later. Right now, the 23-year-old¡¯s focus is on moving up the World Surf League rankings and qualifying for the Rip Curl WSL Finals, where the world title will be on the line in a winner-take-all event for the first time.
The WSL Final Five will vie for the title during the finals at Trestles in Southern California in September. Igarashi is currently ranked No. 6 with 23,545 points, but is well within striking distance of Griffin Colapinto, ranked fifth with 24,235, and No. 4 Morgan Cibilic, who has 24,610, with two tour stops left.
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