Storm pushes off Olympic surfing as Israeli Lelior hangs in

Israel's Anat Lelior competes in women's surfing round 1, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, July 27, 2024. (Jerome BROUILLET / AFP)
Israel's Anat Lelior competes in women's surfing round 1, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, July 27, 2024. (Jerome BROUILLET / AFP)

Israeli surfer Anat Lelior will have to wait to find out if she can advance to the Round of 16 at the Olympics after organizers called off a planned third day of qualification heats.

The decision to delay was made after the men’s third round on Monday, after the arrival of a storm wrecked a morning of phenomenal waves at Tahiti’s Teahupo’o.

Brazil’s Gabriel Medina appears to levitate above the waves in the 5th heat of the men’s surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024. (Jerome BROUILLET / AFP)

Lelior is set to face Australia’s Tyler Wright in the second heat once the third round does get underway.

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