Twenty-four women surfers from different countries trooped here to participate in the 9th Siargao International Women’s Surfing Cup, an event recognized as part of the qualifying series for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island—Twenty-four women surfers from different countries trooped here to participate in the 9th Siargao International Women’s Surfing Cup, an event recognized as part of the qualifying series for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Gerry Deagan, event director, said travel advisories issued by various countries in the aftermath of the terror threat in the island province of Bohol in the Visayas did not deter many top-ranked women surfers from across the globe to join the five-day surfing competition that ends here on Saturday.
The World Surf Council, he said, had sanctioned the Siargao event as part of the qualifying series for the next summer Olympics.
According to Mayor Jaime Rusillon, 11 local bets, led by Nilbie Blancada, are joining the event, hoping to qualify to the Olympic Games and win a gold medal in women’s surfing.
