Miguel Pupo Wins California Stage of Surfing World Tour
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Miguel Pupo is a surfer from Brazil. He plays in the world surfing tour. This is called the WSL.
Miguel Pupo went to a stage in California. The place is called Trestles. He reached the final.
Two other Brazilian surfers played too. Their names are Gabriel Medina and Filipe Toledo. They lost in the second round.
Miguel Pupo did not lose. He went to the final heat. A heat is one match in surfing.
In the final, Miguel Pupo was behind at first. Then he made a big comeback at the end.
Miguel Pupo won the final heat. He became the champion of the Trestles stage.
This is a great result for Miguel Pupo. It is also good news for Brazilian surfing.
Vocabulary15 words
- surfing
- a sport on waves in the sea
- stage
- one event in a big competition
- round
- a part of a competition
- heat
- one match in surfing
- comeback
- coming back to win after being behind
- champion
- the winner of a competition
- world tour
- a series of contests around the world
- eliminated
- out of the competition; lost
- final
- the last match to find the winner
- Brazilian
- from the country Brazil
- surfer
- a person who does surfing
- result
- what happens at the end
- behind
- having a lower score
- match
- a game between two players
- competition
- an event where people try to win
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1. California 2. They lost in the second round 3. True
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Miguel Pupo is a _____ from Brazil.
He plays in the world surfing tour, called the _____.
Miguel Pupo went to a stage in _____.
The place is called _____.
He reached the _____.
Gabriel Medina and Filipe Toledo lost in the second _____.
Miguel Pupo went to the final _____.
In the final, he was _____ at first.
Then he made a big _____ at the end.
Miguel Pupo became the _____ of the Trestles stage.
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