{"id":63176,"date":"2018-04-16T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T06:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=63176"},"modified":"2018-04-16T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T06:48:15","slug":"shark-attack-halts-australia-surf-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/shark-attack-halts-australia-surf-competition.html","title":{"rendered":"Shark attack halts Australia surf competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Shark attack halts Australia surf competition<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A shark attack on a surfer in Australia has forced the temporary suspension of an international surfing competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The victim, a man in his 30s, was bitten on the leg by a shark off Gracetown in Western Australia on Monday morning.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He managed to paddle back to shore and a rescue helicopter ferried him to hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Surf photographer Peter Jovic told the ABC news he had witnessed the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;[I] saw the guy who had been attacked get separated from the [surf] board and then start to paddle for an inside wave, which he managed to body surf all the way in,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;They got him to shore and started working on him to stem the bleeding.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The man was reported to be in a stable condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;He is conscious and breathing and being treated for leg injuries,&#8221; St John Ambulance said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The attack forced an international surfing competition nearby, the World Surf League&#8217;s (WSL) Margaret River Pro 2018, to be put on hold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;We have been alerted of a shark incident that occurred near Gracetown,&#8221; the WSL said in a tweet. &#8220;The safety of our surfers and staff is a top priority.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The WSL later said the competition, which forms part of the WSL&#8217;s World Championship Tour and features top ranked surfers, was back up and running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;After an hour hold, the #MargiesPro is back on with enhanced safety measures, including ski and drone presence in the line-up,&#8221; it said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">According to ABC, Hawaiian pro surfer John John Florence had a close shave with sharks while surfing in the area just before the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He said that he had seen something in the water and a splash before he raced back to shore. 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The victim, a man in his 30s, was bitten on the leg by a shark off Gracetown in Western Australia on Monday morning. 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