Griffin Colapinto Qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics

Griffin Colapinto has about a year to train for the 2024 Olympics.

The World Surfing League announced hours ago that Colapinto has qualified for the 2024 Olympic games. He finished 9th overall on the CT after a round 16 elimination in the Corona Open at J-Bay.

The San Clemente pro surfer entered the J-Bay contest ranked second in the world  after Brazil’s Filipe Toledo.

The WSL captioned the above post:

"Congratulations @griffin_cola! You have provisionally qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. We can’t wait to watch you compete for the United States next year at Teahupo’o. #QualificationSeason2023"

Colapinto will be surfing for the gold medal along with other qualifiers including South Africans Sarah Baum and Jordy Smith, Italy’s Leonardo Fioravante, Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi and Shino Matsuda, and Brazil’s Tatiana Weston Webb.

For a reminder on how qualification for the Olympics goes, here’s the hierarchy:

1. 2023 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour: First 10 eligible men and first 8 eligible women.

2. 2023 ISA World Surfing Games: 4 men and 4 women selected based on their continent. Top finishing eligible surfer of each gender from Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

3. 2023 Pan American Games: First eligible man and first eligible woman in the surfing competitions.

4. 2024 ISA World Surfing Games: First 5 eligible men and first 7 eligible women.

5. 2024 ISA World Surfing Games: The winning teams by gender, will qualify 1 place for their respective country/NOC, regardless of the 2-per country quota limit.

6. 2022 ISA World Surfing Games: The winning teams by gender, will qualify 1 place for their respective country/NOC, regardless of the 2-per country quota limit.

7. Host nation slot: One man and one woman slot will be guaranteed for the host nation of France, unless already filled through the above hierarchies. Should athletes from France qualify regularly, their slots will be reallocated to the highest ranked eligible surfers from the 2024 World Surfing Games.

8. Universality Place: For the first time, one place per gender will be made available to eligible NOCs. Special consideration will be given to the nature of the wave in Teahupoo in terms of the eligibility criteria for these places. Should there deemed to be no qualified surfers in this category, these slots will be reallocated to the highest ranked eligible surfers from the 2024 World Surfing Games The complete process and selection criteria for these places will be communicated by the IOC at a later date.

Stay tuned for more qualifications to come.

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