Canadian Para surfer Victoria Feige continued her reign of dominance by profitable her fifth straight world title on Saturday in Huntington Seashore, Calif., extending her file for many gold medals on the sport’s premier occasion.
The 38-year-old Vancouver native topped the rostrum within the ladies’s kneel division after incomes 7.93 factors within the ultimate, besting Brazil’s Vera Quaresma (6.23), Spain’s Audrey Pascual (6.13) and France’s Emmunelle Blanchet (5.17).
The highest-ranked Feige, who relocated to Hawaii in 2021, is the winningest lady in Para browsing historical past. Her 2023 season additionally consists of gold medals on the Hawaii Adaptive Browsing Championships and the Costa Rica Open Professional of Adaptive Browsing.
Feige referred to as her record-extending win a “dream come true” on social media.
Para browsing is at the moment not a part of the Paralympic program, however the Worldwide Browsing Affiliation (ISA) is pushing for the game to make its debut on the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles.
“What per week Huntington Seashore has served for us, unbelievable, unforgettable. After all behind all our minds is the hope, it’d occur, that the L.A. 2028 Paralympic Video games will lastly embody Para browsing,” ISA president Fernando Aguerre stated in a launch.
