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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/bPCXdu5LrHs?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;Australia Wins Back-To Back Team Gold Medal In The ISA China Cup&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brazil\\u2019s Michael Rodrigues and Australia\\u2019s Philippa Anderson win Gold with dominant performances&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/2013-isa-china-cup\\/\\\"&gt;Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJanuary 25 to 30, 2013&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWanning, Hainan, China&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Wanning, Hainan, China, January 27, 2013- The International Surfing Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 ISA China Cup.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;With a powerhouse team in both the Men and Women\\u2019s draw, Australia won the Team Gold Medal for the second consecutive year in the ISA China Cup. Brazil placed a close second, earning the Silver Medal, Hawaii won the Bronze Medal, and France took the Copper Medal to complete the team results. In an action-packed heat, Brazil\\u2019s Michael Rodrigues won the Men\\u2019s Gold scoring the event\\u2019s highest heat total of 17.00 points. Rodrigues defeated Mitch Crews (AUS, 14.64), Vincent Duvignac (FRA, 12.43), and Connor O\\u2019Leary (AUS, 9.10)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In a dramatic end to the Women\\u2019s Final, Hawaii\\u2019s Alessa Quizon was in the lead with the clock winding down and Gold in her sight, when she dropped in on her fellow surfer and was called for interference. This untimely move caused Quizon to drop to second place, allowing Australia\\u2019s Phillipa Anderson to take the win. Anderson (15.26) got the Gold Medal, defeating Quizon (12.56), Nikki Van Dijk (AUS, 8.53) and Nage Melamed (HAW, 6.40).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019m very happy and satisfied about the hosting of the ISA China Cup for the second year in a row. While the waves were not as strong as last year\\u2019s event, the athletes have provided a great show of surfing abilities,\\u201d remarked ISA President Fernando Aguerre. \\u201cI\\u2019m totally excited about the potential for surfing in China, and certainly proud of our partnership with Womei, in the bringing of both ISA and ASP competitions for two years in a row. Congratulations to all and each member of the participating national surfing teams for coming to China and to all medalists for making history for surfing in China. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the people and government of China, and to our partner Womei, and all the sponsors for joining us in this great event.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Michael Rodriguez, Men\\u2019s Gold Medalist was speechless about his win. \\u201cI am so happy and I don\\u2019t have words to explain what I am feeling,\\u201d commented Rodriguez. \\u201cI have no sponsors, so I came here to win only representing my country. Just being here was already great and with the victory it is even greater, I am very happy, thank you!\\u201d Women\\u2019s Gold Medalist, Phillipa Anderson selflessly remarked, \\u201cWe didn\\u2019t really care about individuals we just wanted to get the gold for Australia so this helps a lot.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Australia\\u2019s coach, Martin Dunn remarked about his winning team, \\u201cWe brought a mixed bag of experienced WQS surfers and some young surfers who we think are going places in the sport,\\u201d remarked Dunn. \\u201cWe came here and we expected the waves to be similar to last year with the long left hander and unfortunately that didn\\u2019t occur, but to be successful, you have to able to surf anything and its great that our surfers proved that.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow, Monday, January 28, marks the start of the second part of the Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival, the Hainan Classic, 4-Star, Men\\u2019s ASP. With a prize purse of $95,000 US, the competition will take place from Monday, January 28 to Wednesday, January 30, and will feature the best surfers in the world, including defending Champion and 2013 ASP World Tour surfer Glenn Hall (IRE), 2000 ASP World Tour Champion Sunny Garcia, plus 10 Chinese surfers, by far the most ever in the history of any international surfing competition. This is a testimony to the success the ISA is already having in the short term to fulfilling its mission to develop global surfing, and to developing surfing in China.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Official Forecaster, Surfline, has predicted for the ENE swell to pulses up a bit more with 2-3\\u2019+ faces, and larger sets in the 4\\u2019 range over the afternoon, for a 7:30am call and likely start at 8am at the main break, the left point st Riyue Bay.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000156820\\\" style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/01\\/Mitch-Crews.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/01\\/Mitch-Crews.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Mitch Crews ISA China Cup\\\" title=\\\"Mitch Crews ISA China Cup\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000156820\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Mitch Crews leading team Australia to a gold medal at the ISA China Cup. Photo: ISA&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Women\\u2019s Final&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGold- Philippa Anderson (AUS)- 15.26&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSilver- Alessa Quizon (HAW)- 12.56&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBronze- Nikki Van Dijk (AUS)- 8.53&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCopper- Nage Melamed (HAW)- 6.40&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Final&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGold- Michael Rodrigues (BRA)- 17.00&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSilver- Mitch Crews (AUS)- 14.64&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBronze- Vincent Duvignac (FRA)- 12.43&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCopper- Connor O\\u2019Leary (AUS)- 9.10&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final ISA China Cup Team Rankings&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1. Australia- 13,000&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2. Brazil- 11,718&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3. Hawaii- 10,140&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n4. France- 9,836&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n5. Japan- 9,320&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n6. USA- 8,570&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7. Peru- 8,270&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8. Portugal- 8,242&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the International Surfing Association&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe International Surfing Association (ISA) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. It was originally founded as the International Surfing Federation in 1964 and has been running the Open Division World Championship since 1964, the World Junior Surfing Championship since 1980, the World Masters Surfing Championship since 2007, the World Bodyboard Championship since 2011, the Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival in China, and the World Standup Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship beginning in 2012. The ISA also sanctions the World Kneeboard Titles and the World Tandem Surfing Championship, and will launch the World Longboard Championship in 2013. ISA membership includes the surfing National Governing Bodies of 72 countries on five continents. Its headquarters are located in La Jolla, California. It is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (Argentina), first elected President in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and re-elected seven times since. The ISA\\u2019s four Vice-Presidents are Alan Atkins (AUS), Kar\\u00edn Sierralta (PER), Debbie Beacham (USA) and Layne Beachley (AUS).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;More on &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.isasurf.org\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.isasurf.org&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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