Team USA Olympics star Carissa Moore on her battle with depression, stepping away to start a family...
and why she'll be 10,000 miles away from the Opening Ceremony in Paris Carissa Moore will look to win her second Olympic gold medal this summer But the native Hawaiian won't actually be onsite in Paris for the Games By Jake Nisse Published: 14:30 EDT, 8 July 2024 | Updated: 15:01 EDT, 8 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments When thousands of athletes attend the Olympic opening ceremony on July 26, surfer Carissa Moore will be among the unlucky few missing out. Close to 10,000 miles away from Paris, Moore will be in Tahiti - possibly enjoying a lower-key local parade - as she and her fellow competitors ready for action outside of the French mainland. 'Regardless,' she said, 'I'm getting dressed up.
' Surfing is not the only sport that will take place outside the confines of Paris this summer, as equestrian athletes compete in Versailles, football (in part) is held in Nice and field hockey is in the nearby suburb of Colombes. Still, it's hard to not feel a bit of sympathy for the five-time world champion and surfing icon Moore, who had a similarly isolated experience during the Tokyo Olympics . US surfer Carissa Moore, seen competing in Tahiti in May, will be there for the Olympics too Moore said she was a 'little disappointed' to be so far away from the Olympic village in Paris In 2021, she was stationed roughly two hours away from the Japanese capital in the town of Ichinomiya, an.
