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Friday, December 14th, 2007
Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore made surfing history yesterday as the first rookie to be crowned the 2007 ASP World Tour Champion. The 19-year-old ¨natural-footer¨ sealed the title after Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich and Brazil’s Silvana Lima were defeated in round three upsets at the Billabong Pro Maui, the final event on the 2007 ASP World Tour.
Gilmore’s rookie season included victories at the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach in Australia, the NAB Beachley Classic in Sydney and the Mancora Peru Classic. But her ninth place finish at the Roxy Pro Hawaii, event seven of eight on the tour, paved the way for Mulanovich and Lima to contend for the world title at the Billabong Pro Maui.
“Right now, I’m just enjoying the moment,” Gilmore told ASP news. “It’s such an incredible feeling; I honestly can’t describe it. Definitely though, next year I will be bringing my focus back to the tour. I don’t want to lose this feeling, and I can’t wait to finish out the year and head into 2008.” (more…)
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
The head of Peru’s qualifications for the 2010 World Cup confirmed that investigations of player misbehavior will continue. Congressman Juvenal Silva has already suspended four players on the national soccer team. Santiago Acasiete, Andrés Mendoza, Claudio Pizarro and Jefferson Farfán were allegedly womanizing and drinking on Nov. 18, after Peru’s match with Brazil.
Led by Peru’s media, the allegations are likely a result of Peru’s dismal performance so far in the 2010 World Cup qualifications. Peru’s last game, for instance, was a 5-1 defeat against Ecuador. (more…)
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
The final event of the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour began yesterday at Honolua Bay, Maui. Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich is one of three surfers at the Billabong Pro Maui who are in position to contend for the 2007 ASP Women’s World Title. The tour’s ratings leader, Australian rookie Stephanie Gilmore, has a 101 point lead over Mulanovich. The other title contender is Brazil’s Silvana Lima, who had the day’s high heat total of 17.20 out of a possible 20.
“Sometimes I think about the title, but then I relax,” Lima told ASP news yesterday. “I think more about the event. I really want to win the event. If the ASP Women’s World Title comes, then great, but I’m focused on the event. I love it here. I’m really happy.” (more…)
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich has won the Roxy Pro Hawaii at Sunset beach today, event number seven of eight on the 2007 ASP Women’s World Tour. The victory is her second on the 2007 tour and her first ASP World Tour win in Hawaii. With one event left, Mulanovich trails ratings leader Stephanie Gilmore by just 101 points.
¨It’s pretty amazing, I really never thought of a World Title coming here¨ Mulanovich told the Association of Surfing Professionals, which covered the event on its Web page. ¨I Just wanted to have fun, surf wave by wave, and just have a good contest. But now it’s on, it’s so on!¨ Mulanovich finished the final with 13.73 points to defeat second-place Amee Donohoe’s. (more…)
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Australian rookie Stephanie Gilmore has been crowned champion at the Mancora Peru Classic today after a last-minute victory over seven-time ASP Women’s World Champion Layne Beachley.
Spinning around on a “walling lefthander” in the last minute, Gilmore scored an 8.10 out of a possible 10 to win the event. “I don’t know how I managed to get that last wave in the dying seconds. The ocean was dead flat, and then out of nowhere came this little wave and it was pretty special. I’m pretty proud of myself” says Gilmore. (more…)
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Peruvian surfing sensation Sofia Mulanovich advanced to the quarterfinals at the Mancora Peru Classic today after defeating French rookie Caroline Sarran. Mulanovich’s ¨explosive backhand approach¨ earned her the day’s high heat total of 14.67 out of 20. The former ASP Women’s World Champion is joined in the quarterfinals by Brazilian Silvana Lima and six Australians, including current ratings leader Stephanie Gilmore. (more…)
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