Adedokun Waliyu 
Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin qualified for next summer’s Olympic Games by reaching the Pan American Games women’s shortboard final Monday.
The 18-year-old from Tofino, B.C., posted scores of 4.50 on her first wave and 5.50 on her second to win the bronze-medal heat 10-4.20 over Leilani McGonagle of Costa Rica.
Dempfle-Olin advanced to the gold-medal round against Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb.
Canada didn’t have a surfer in the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo two years ago.
Dempfle-Olin’s older sister Mathea won Pan Am Games bronze in Lima, Peru in 2019.
Vancouver’s Spencer Finn earned a bronze medal in men’s stand-up paddleboard (SUP) surfing at Punta de Lobos southwest of Chile’s host city Santiago.
