Kanoa Igarashi missed his chance to win the first surfing gold medal in Olympic history on Tuesday, but he walked away with silver after being beaten by powerful Brazilian Italo Ferreira in a men's final that was moved forward due to an approaching typhoon.Igarashi, who claimed the scalp of world No. 1 Gabriel Medina in the semifinal, was outscored by reigning world champion Ferreira 15.14 to 6.60 in the two-person final at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach venue."No matter how ready you are, you've got to ride waves to get scores," said Igarashi, who rode 14 waves but struggled to find any in …READ FULL ARTICLE
