Christian Tio defied the odds and bested a tough field to top the Iconic Kitesurfing Youth Olympic Qualifiers Asia/Oceania in Pranburi, Thailand Sunday, clinching the lone Youth Olympic Games berth in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October.

Tio, one of the country’s rising kiteboarding stars from Boracay Island, put up superb and consistent performances in the last two days of the five-day event which drew the best 15-18-year-old kiteboarders in the continent.

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