Brazilians excel in the men's Vivo Rio Pro 2025 in Saquarema
Publicado em 22 de junho de 2025
Vivo Rio Pro 2025: Day of glory and challenges for Brazilian surfers in Itaúna!
Image of Ítalo Ferreira competing in the Vivo Rio Pro 2025, showing the action on the wave and the energy of the crowd on It beach
Ítalo wins with style, even after a night of partying
Olympic champion Ítalo Ferreira opened the day's heats with a solid victory, even admitting that he didn't have the best physical preparation.
Quote from Ítalo Ferreira: "I woke up kind of late, I didn't expect the competition to resume today. But I went for the basics, did the simple things and it worked".
Ítalo Ferreira, Olympic Surfing ChampionI woke up kind of late, I didn't expect the competition to resume today. But I went for the basics, did the simple things and it worked.
Ítalo scored 12.43 points, surpassing Connor O’Leary and Seth Moniz.
Advanced directly to the round of 16
Filipe Toledo (12.90 points), Miguel Pupo (12.00 points) also secured direct qualification.
Going to the repechage
Yago Dora, João Chianca, Gabriel Klaussner, Alejo Muniz and Peterson Crisanto will have to fight for a place in the repechage.
Sea conditions and atmosphere
Waves up to 1.5 meters and an excited crowd in Itaúna.
What's next
Repechage on Monday (23/06), depending on sea conditions. Then, the round of 16.
Key Results
Ítalo Ferreira won his heat with 12.43 points.
Ítalo Ferreira
12.43 Points
Filipe Toledo won his heat with 12.90 points.
Filipe Toledo
12.90 Points
Classification
Classification table showing the surfers qualified for the round of 16 and those who will go to the repechage.
- Round of 16 3
- Repechage 5
