Chumbinho finishes surfing World Cup in 4th place – 09/09/2023 – Sport

João Chianca, 23, the popular Chumbinho, won fourth place in the Surfing World Cup, this Saturday (9). Fourth in the championship, the Brazilian needed to beat the Australians Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing, in addition to the North American Griffin Colapinto, to then measure forces with the current champion, Filipe Toledo.

Chumbinho went on to beat Robinson in Match 1, but lost against Ewing in the second match.

The final of the World Cup takes place in the waves of Lower Trestles, California, United States, where the tournament has been decided since 2021. It was when the WSL (World Surfing League) adopted a new format for the event, concluded in a stage with the top five in the ranking.

In dynamics, the fourth placed team faces the fifth for the right to face the third. From this confrontation comes the opponent of the next. Only then will the leader’s rival be decided, who awaits him for a decision in the best of three heats.

Chumbinho knew little about California and, although he had already surfed in Trestles, he had never competed in a top-level event there. In his second year in the circuit’s elite, the Rio native started the season at a very high level. In March, he won the Peniche stage, in Portugal, and became leader of the ranking.

In the second half of the circuit, Chumbinho was unable to maintain his level and was out of the quarterfinals in the four most recent stages. But he treated the downturn as a learning experience and remained among the top five.

In this process, he obtained one of Brazil’s two direct places in the next Olympic Games. He was ahead of Medina, three-time world champion – who will try, in a qualifying tournament in February, to be the third Brazilian representative in Paris-2024.