Olympics delay brought a renewed love of surfing to Carissa Moore | USA TODAY

Winning isn't everything to American surfer Carissa Moore. The extra year to prepare for Tokyo let Moore reconnect with why she loves to surf.

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As the Olympics approached, Moore indicated she was thinking about more than winning a gold medal.

“Every year that I’m competing, I think things are evolving and changing with how I do things, especially with motivation,’’ she said. “I feel like I’m doing it because I want to do it and I love it, and there isn’t that pressure from anybody else.

“The journey isn’t over, but I definitely feel more settled in who I am today.’’

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