Olympics: Japan's Igarashi, Ohhara advance on day of surfing's games debut

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi and Hiroto Ohhara finished first and second in their respective opening men's heats as the inaugural Olympic surfing competition got the waves it needed to begin on Sunday.Igarashi scored a combined 12.77 points from his two best waves -- 6.67 and 6.10 efforts -- at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach while Ohhara accumulated 11.40 points, both progressing to the third round where 16 surfers face off in heats of two."That first wave was really special. I woke up with a lot of pressure, (there's) four years leading up to this first wave. But as soon as I got that first wave...th…READ FULL ARTICLE