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Ben McKay

Robinson tames the Teahupo'o dragon to progress

Australian star Jack Robinson has turned in the best wave of the Olympic surfing on his way into the last 16 in Tahiti.

Molly Picklum wasn't so lucky, surviving a run-in with the reef but not her heat, exiting the competition in the second round at Teahupo'o.

Robinson waited out a long lull in the French Polynesian waters on Monday (AEST) in his second-round heat with Peru's Lucca Mesines.

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