Published: December 19, 2019
- American surfing legend falls short of qualifying for Olympics
- John John Florence joins Kolohe Andino on two-man US team
- Julian Wilson books place for Australia, joining Owen Wright
Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater failed to qualify for the US Olympic surfing team at the Billabong Pipe Masters on Thursday ahead of the sport’s debut at next summer’s Tokyo Games.
Slater, 47, was defeated in a semi-final heat by top-ranked Italo Ferreira of Brazil at Hawaii’s famed Banzai Pipeline, finishing the season without enough points to make the two-man team the United States will send to Japan.
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