Olympics | France's Vaast surfs to Olympic gold on home waves, Marks keeps women's title for U.S.

TAHITI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- French surfer and Tahiti native Kauli Vaast surfed to victory in the Olympic surfing men's finals on Monday, while Caroline Marks continued the U.S. monopoly on the women's Olympic title.

The Olympic surfing competition reached its final day of action after a three-day pause due to a lack of wave conditions. Having grown up surfing in Tahiti, Vaast again flexed his local knowledge on t