French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday (Monday local time) while US surfer Caroline Marks defeated Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb to take gold in the women’s competition. Vaast outscored Australia’s Jack Robinson, 17.67 to 7.83. Vaast surfed two long barrels, scoring 9.50 and 8.17, while Robinson was unable to execute a second scoring wave. Bronze went to Brazil’s Gabriel Medina with a score of 15.54, beating Peru’s Alonso Correa to the medal. The former World champion finished fourth in the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. “That was my goal com…