Bratschi with two falls in qualifying. He’s been eliminated if the competition goes straight to the quarterfinals. There seems to be some confusion about that though…
This quota seems more open than the women.
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Duffy really put it together when it mattered this season. I don’t think he’s happy with how he climbed this year, but hopefully the quota helps him ease into the Olympic season.
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the traditional spirit of sport climbing is represented only and exclusively by the lead event
I think many climbers would consider bouldering in that spirit as well. It might not be as historically prestigious or prized as lead/big route climbing, but it’s definitely come into its own in the last decade. Even your traditionalist climbers like Ondra or Honnold train bouldering for fun or improvement on the big climbs.
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Speed Climbing is unbelievable the first time you watch it, but it gets old very fast and not that exciting really. I would like they come up with a new route each time (witch climbers having a few days/weeks prior to the competition to figure it out the fastest way to climb it)
Edit: maybe a longer route also if that's possible.
I could be wrong, but I believe that is the idea of the speed-classic discipline. You don’t see too many of those comps anymore unfortunately…
You’re opinion is shared by a lot of climbers too. Personally, I find speed entertaining enough now (though maybe too random). However, I think that format would probably be interesting as well (and maybe in the traditional spirit of sport climbing).
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To be honest I'm not sure - the IFSC rulebook says Boulder qualification is organised as a "single course of five (5) boulders for each Starting Group" so I took that as each group had to do the same routes.
I think that’s the key wording here. Both groups get a set of five boulders.
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As far as I am aware, they all do the same 5 routes in qualifying and the results from the two groups are combined with the top 20 going through to semis. Probably going to need at least 2-3 tops and 5 zones to get through.
I think the boulder problems are different for groups A and B, but I could be wrong…
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Interestingly, he is still listed on the start list for tomorrow's Lead qualification - if he's nursing injury, perhaps he would have been better to rest up and focus on the combined event next week.
He said on Instagram he intends to compete in the lead. I think that discipline, in theory, should be easier on the ankle. Still, I’m surprised he’s not resting.
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world number 8 Hannes Van Duysen wont progress after failing to zone on the first boulder - he's currently in 25th. Likewise, world number 11 Colin Duffy and number 15 Jan-Luca Posch of have both had a stinker of a day and are down in 45th and 57th respectively.
He was nursing a sprained ankle apparently. I’m surprised he entered the comp.
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela
all entered athletes in the women’s bouldering at Brixen World Cup. They all failed to score a single zone, but still nice to see some new nations giving the sport a try. They would need to be ranked within the Top 36 of the Olympic Series rankings to have a shot at the universality quota.
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wins and books her ticket to Paris.
v. Egg 
becomes the final 
Isaac Estevez
Gustavo Perez
Dylan Li
added as members of the IFSC.
world number 8 Hannes Van Duysen wont progress after failing to zone on the first boulder - he's currently in 25th. Likewise, world number 11 
have both had a stinker of a day and are down in 45th and 57th respectively.
all entered athletes in the women’s bouldering at Brixen World Cup. They all failed to score a single zone, but still nice to see some new nations giving the sport a try. They would need to be ranked within the Top 36 of the Olympic Series rankings to have a shot at the universality quota.
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losing creates an interesting situation too. Mulyono is probably their third best climber at the moment, but now he has a quota.
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