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Murray Wenzel

Ferreira reigns in monster Tahiti Pro swell

Italo Ferreira has won the Tahiti Pro but won't be able to defend his Olympic title at Teahupo'o. (HANDOUT/World Surf League)

Brazil's Italo Ferreira has won the Tahiti Pro in giant, glassy Teahupo'o tubes to showcase the wave's potential two months before the break plays host to the Olympics.

The Tokyo Games gold medallist beat Hawaiian John John Florence, who will surf for the US at the Paris Olympics, in flawless, five-metre swell.

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