A year after escaping a shark attack in the waters off the South African coast, Australian surfer Mick Fanning completed an emotional bounce back from the harrowing incident by winning the J-Bay Open on Saturday.
The 35-year-old Fanning narrowly beat John John Florence of Hawaii in the final to win the event for a fourth time in a fairy tale reaction to the incident that left surfing in shock and led to the abandonment of last year’s final. Last year Fanning was attacked by a shark during the same event with live television pictures showing a 12- to 15-foot great white circling the three-time world champion and then appearing to knock him off his board.
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