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Olympic bronze medallist Owen Wright went from contemplating retirement to dreaming of a late reprieve on a crazy...

Australian Morgan Cibilic has become a high-profile victim of the WSL's new mid-season cut after failing to make it past the third round of the Margaret ...

"Whatever I do will be a family decision. I'm not going to give up so soon. But in a quirk of the standings, Wright could actually move up a spot on the overall ladder on a countback despite losing in the third round. "I know I'm surfing really well, but I've got a lot of life outside of the tour - kids and wife and what not," Wright said. If Matthew McGillivray beats Pupo in their round of 16 match-up on Wednesday, then Wright will miss the cut. Olympic bronze medallist Owen Wright went from contemplating retirement to dreaming of a late reprieve on a crazy day of action at the Margaret River Pro.

The new mid-season World Surf League axe has claimed Australia's Owen Wright after a result didn't fall his way at the Margaret River Pro.

Wright was on the shore watching the heat and the disappointment on his face was evident to see when Pupo crashed while attempting an aerial move with just a minute remaining in the contest. If Wright wants to win back his spot on the Championship Tour he will have to compete on the Challenger Series for the rest of the season and register a number of good results. The dream run of results meant it all came down to McGillivray's round of 16 battle with Brazilian Samuel Pupo on Wednesday, with Wright needing the South African to lose.

Olympic bronze medallist Owen Wright wasn't going to rush to any long-term decision after becoming the latest big name to be claimed by the controversial ...

They were crying all day.” We’ll go through the motions of what’s next. Psychologically, you have to come back from thins like this. “It just seems like it’s a TV show a little bit, like drama all the time. “I don’t really know how I feel about the whole situation ... I just took a heat loss, not a drop off tour loss.” Fitzgibbon, an Olympian in Tokyo and multiple tour winner, was dumped from the tour after 14 years under the new cut rule that will reduce the men’s series to 22 competitors and the women’s to just 10 after the Margaret River event.