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Melissa Woods

Sydney surfer O'Leary earns Olympic selection for Japan

Australian surfer Connor O'Leary will represent Japan at this year's Paris Olympics. (HANDOUT/WORLD SURF LEAGUE)

Sydney surfer Connor O'Leary has been named to represent Japan at the Paris Olympics after officially switching his allegiance to his mother's birth country last year.

The 30-year-old announced on social media that he had been included as one of three men in the Japan team to compete in late July, with the surfing to be held at the Teahupo'o break on the French Pacific island Tahiti.

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