On a distant reef 16,000km from Paris, surfer Gabriel Medina has given Olympic viewers one of the most memorable images of the Games yet, with an airborne celebration so well poised it looked too good to be true.

The Brazilian took off a thundering wave at Teahupo’o in Tahiti on Monday, emerging from a barrelling section before soaring into the air and appearing to settle on a Pacific cloud, pointing to the sky with biblical serenity, his movements mirrored precisely by his surfboard.

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    5 months ago

    Wonder if this should be disabled for sources scoring medium or higher…

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      5 months ago

      I don’t think so. In another post it scored Newsweek credibility as “High”.

      I don’t agree with that assessment, but still appreciate seeing what the bot says.