Surfer Filipe Toledo advances in Tahiti

(Photo credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti -- Brazil's world champion Filipe Toledo survived a scare against New Zealander Billy Stairmand at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, scoring a near-perfect wave to win their second-round clash, while France's Johanne Defay overcame injury to advance.

Conditions at the venue of Teahupo'o varied hugely, with the morning plagued by rain, smaller waves and wind squalls that