Brazil’s Ferreira claims Olympic surfing’s first gold

Brazil’s Italo Ferreira claimed Olympic surfing’s first-ever gold medal on Tuesday, as American Carissa Moore won the women’s event. Ferreira, who learned to surf standing on the foam box his father sold fish from, snapped his board on the first wave of his final against Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi. He had to wait in the sea as a team official brought him