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Carissa Moore won the first-ever women’s shortboard Olympic gold medal beating South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag Tuesday morning.

Team USA surfer Caroline Marks advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Japan’s Mahina Maeda.

U.S. surfers Carissa Moore, Caroline Marks, Kolohe Andino and John John Florence all advance to the third round of the first-ever Olympic surfing event.

Surfing makes its debut at the Tokyo Olympics with four Americans hoping to be among the first medalists.

Listen to My New Favorite Olympian, NBCLX’s new sports podcast, and find your favorite athlete from Team USA ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Whatever you call Caroline Marks… never call her an underachiever. At 15, she became the youngest person to qualify for the World Surf League’s Championship Tour. At 17, she became the first female surfer to receive equal prize money to her male counterpart. At 18, she booked a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. And at 19, she’s an advocate for body...

In Episode 3 of the sports podcast “My New Favorite Olympian,” we interview surfer Caroline Marks about growing up in the spotlight and embracing body positivity.

Sure, they can laugh about it now. But it wasn’t all smiles when Caroline Marks’ brother thrashed one of her prized surfboards just because the Olympian wouldn’t give him a ride to a friend’s house. Their mom was not pleased. For more on this, search for My New Favorite Olympian wherever you get your podcasts, or visit...