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OWEN WRIGHT LAST REMAINING AUSSIE AT TAHITI PRO

A tough day for Aussie surfers at the famous Teahupo’o break in Tahiti.

Newcastle’s Ryan Callinan was locked in a tense Round of 32 battle with Griffin Colapinto, before the American produced this.

Colapinto’s charge ended at the hands of Brazil’s Gabriel Medina, who scored the day’s only perfect 10.

Julian Wilson fell to South Africa’s Jordy Smith in the Round of 16, but there was better news for Owen Wright, who became the only Australian to advance to the quarter finals.

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Mitchell Hughes

Mitchell Hughes started as a tape editor in Newcastle in 1999. He became a reporter in 2004, working in Lismore and on the Gold Coast. Since moving back to the Newcastle office in 2006, he's taken on various roles, such as producer and chief of staff. He became the head sport reporter in 2011 and the main sport presenter in 2015.

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