This Photo of Surfer Gabriel Medina Is the Picture of the Paris Olympics
It looks like the best photo likely to come from the Paris Olympics was taken 10,000 miles away, in Tahiti.
A stunning shot of the Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina kicking off a wave after nailing a tube run in the Olympic heats in the French Pacific colony has gained instant icon status.
It was taken by Jérôme Brouillet, a photographer with Agence France-Presse who was covering the surfing contest at Teahupo’o on Monday from a small boat with half a dozen colleagues.