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Melissa Woods

Australia's Olympic surfers welcome Teahupo'o challenge

Jack Robinson can't wait to get back to Tahiti and compete for an Olympic gold medal. (HANDOUT/World Surf League)

Leading Australian surfers Jack Robinson and Molly Picklum both believe they will be in the gold medal mix, applauding the decision to hold this year's Olympic surfing event at Tahiti's Teahupo'o.

While their Olympic teammates gather for the Games in Paris, the four-strong Australian surfing team will be almost 16,000km away competing at the French outpost, with the event scheduled to get underway from July 27.

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