Medina stopped by Colapinto and takes his third runner-up finish of the season
Gabriel Medina reached the final of the 10th CT stop in Peniche but finished runner-up with 16.77 against Griffin Colapinto's 17.60, sealed by a 9.43 in the closing minutes. It is Medina's third runner-up finish of the season, and the three-time world champion has not won an event since Margaret River in 2023.

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Gabriel Medina chegou à decisão da 10ª etapa do CT, em Peniche, mas parou no vice-campeonato. Na final, o brasileiro somou 16.77 e viu Griffin Colapinto alcançar 17.60 com uma nota 9.43 nos minutos finais.
É o terceiro vice de Medina na temporada, repetindo os desfechos das etapas de Fiji e Margaret River. O tricampeão mundial não vence uma etapa desde Margaret River, em 2023, quando superou justamente Colapinto.
Em Portugal, o caminho até a final passou por Filipe Toledo, por Morgan Cibilic nas quartas de final e por Italo Ferreira na semifinal. A decisão começou movimentada: Medina abriu com um tubo de 7.67, respondido por um 8.17 do norte-americano, que chegou a somar 15.87. O brasileiro reagiu com 8.20, assumiu a ponta e ampliou para 16.77. A virada americana veio nos últimos dez minutos, com o 9.43.
Na semifinal, o duelo foi todo brasileiro. Italo Ferreira começou mais ativo, com 4.33 e 4.60, enquanto Medina esperou até os dez minutos finais para combinar tubo e aéreo e arrancar 8.17. Um 3.50 na sequência deixou o placar em 11.67. Italo tentou o troco com um aéreo de 5.50, mas fechou em 10.10.
Na outra semifinal, Yago Dora, líder do ranking e atual campeão mundial, empatava em 8.83 com Colapinto depois das duas primeiras ondas de cada um. O norte-americano desempatou com um tubo de 7.83, e o brasileiro, que precisava de 9.83, não encontrou a onda necessária: despediu-se com 8.83, enquanto o rival avançou com 14.33.
A espera pelo primeiro troféu em três anos, assim, continua.
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