Rafa Maciel

I agree that it was a strong performance for McArthur although at the same time, there were a couple of "bigger" names who arguably underperformed - I would have expected Sam Avezou and Adam Ondra to finish with higher scores for example. The worry is that McArthur won't replicate that kind of performance when we get to the semifinal.

On an adjusted basis, he was 27th in the ranking (stripping out nations with more than 4 skaters) and finishing 27th here should net him 7420 points which would be enough to move him up to 24th but had he been able to get into the top 20/top 22, he would have been on the edge of getting a quota.

Surely you know by now that I am never surprised when GB athletes fail to raise their game when it really matters.

Ignoring the disaster that was skateboarding qualifying, today has gone pretty well for in sport climbing qualifying. Hamish McArthur is well placed to get into the semi finals. He finished boulder qualifying in 2nd place and has a 40-point cushion over 21st ranked climber so he just needs a solid lead round. Jack MacDougall finished qualifying in 12th place so will need a good result in the lead climb tomorrow to secure his place in the semi final. His cushion over 21st place is about 15 points so I'd say he needs to get towards the 2/3rd stage if not further. Max Milne and James Pope finished in 33rd and 40th place respectively and I think they have probably left themselves with too much to do in the lead round. Realistically Milne would need to top the lead route and hope that a few climbers ahead of him have a really bad day. On the women's side, Erin McNeice, who has been in good form recently, was the top GB performer. With 3 tops, she finished qualifying in 7th place. A solid lead round should see her safely through to the semi final. Unfortunately, Molly Thompson-Smith didn't have a great day - it's possible she is carrying an ankle niggle - and she finished qualifying in 34th place. She's going to need a strong lead round to get into the top 20.

Women's Combined Boulder & Lead Qualifying (Boulder) 1.) Ievgeniia Kazbekova - 99.8 2.) Futaba Ito - 99.7 3.) Camilla Moroni - 99.6 4.) Miho Nonaka - 99.6 5.) Luo Zhilu - 84.8 6.) Zelia Avezou - 84.7 7.) Erin McNeice - 84.6 8.) Brooke Raboutou - 84.4 9.) Fanny Gibert - 84.2 10.) Anastasia Sanders - 79.6 11.) Lucija Tarkus - 79.5 12.) Mia Krampl - 74.8 13.) Franziska Sterrer - 69.0 14.) Stasa Gejo - 64.6 15.) Petra Klingler - 64.6 16.) Manon Hily - 64.3 17.) Elnaz Rekabi - 64.2 18.) Michaela Smetanova - 64.2 19.) Lucia Dorffel - 63.7 20.) Chloe Caulier - 59.7 Lead qualification takes place tomorrow morning with top 20 progressing to semi final.

Men's Combined Boulder & Lead Qualifying (Boulder) 1.) Lee Dohyun - 84.9 2.) Hamish McArthur - 84.6 3.) Alberto Gines Lopez - 79.0 4.) Mejdi Schalck - 69.6 5.) Adam Ondra - 69.5 6.) Paul Jenft - 69.2 7.) Sam Avezou - 64.8 8.) Anze Peharc - 64.6 9.) Nicolai Uznik - 64.5 10.) HAnnes Van Duysen 64.4 11.) Chon Jongwon - 64.3 12.) Jack MacDougall - 59.3 13.) Stefan Scherz - 58.6 14.) Nikolay Rusev - 49.5 15.) Alexander Megos - 49.4 16.) Pan Yufei - 49.4 17.) Yannick Flohe - 49.0 18.) Zan Lovenjak Sudar - 49.0 19.) Edvards Gruzitis - 44.4 20.) Nimrod Marcus - 44.3 Lead phase is scheduled for tomorrow and the top 20 will progress to the semi final.

Men's Park Semifinalists: 1.) Kairi Netsuke - 90.41 2.) Jagger Eaton - 88.88 3.) Nyjah Huston - 87.34 4.) Sora Shirai - 86.12 5.) Joseph Garbaccio - 85.52 6.) Toa Sasaki - 85.08 7.) Yukito Aoki - 84.12 8.) Ginwoo Onodera - 83.63 9.) Felipe Gustavo - 83.42 10.) Braden Hoban - 83.03 11.) Gustavo Ribeiro - 83.42 12.) Matias Dell Olio - 82.78 13.) Matt Berger - 82.63 14.) Ryan Decenzo - 82.44 15.) Chris Joslin - 82.02 16.) Giovanni Vianna - 81.95

Men's Park Group 4 Top-5: 1.) Kairi Netsuke - 90.41 2.) Nyjah Huston - 87.34 3.) Sora Shirai - 86.12 4.) Toa Sasaki - 85.08 5.) Ginwoo Onodera - 83.63

Men's Park Group 3 Top 5: 1.) Jagger Eaton - 88.88 2.) Yukito Aoki - 84.12 3.) Felipe Gustavo - 83.42 4.) Braden Hoban - 83.03 5.) Matias Dell Olio - 82.78 Consolidated Top 10 1.) Jagger Eaton - 88.88 2.) Joseph Garbaccio - 85.52 3.) Yukito Aoki - 84.12 4.) Felipe Gustavo - 83.42 5.) Braden Hoban - 83.03 6.) Matias Dell Olio - 82.78 7.) Matt Berger - 82.63 8.) Ryan Decenzo - 82.44 9.) Chris Joslin - 82.02 10.) Giovanni Vianna - 81.95 To-16 Cut-Off: 78.60

It's going to get worse - Joe Hinson is all but guaranteed to miss out on a place in the semifinals

Women's Park Semi-Finalists 1.) Korkona Hiraki - 83.66 2.) Arisa Trew - 81.09 3.) Mizuho Hasegawa - 79.03 4.) Hinano Kusaki - 77.00 5.) Bryce Wettstein - 75.31 6.) Isadora Pacheco - 74.15 7.) Dora Varella - 72.03 8.) Sakura Yosozumi - 70.73 9.) Raicca Ventura - 69.05 10.) Nana Taboulet - 67.23 11.) Ruby Lilley - 66.59 12.) Grace Marhoefer -60.00 13.) Ruby Trew - 59.62 14.) Minna Stess - 59.25 15.) Fay Ebert - 55.46 16.) Jordyn Barratt - 54.03 9.) Emilie Alexandre - 53.41 10.) Mei Sugawara - 53.10

Women's Park Group 4: 1.) Korkona Hiraki - 83.66 2.) Arisa Trew - 81.09 3.) Hinano Kusaki - 77.00 4.) Bryce Wettstein - 75.31 5.) Sakura Yosozumi - 70.73

Women's park group 3: 1.) Mizuho Hasegawa - 79.03 2.) Isadora Pacheco - 74.15 3.) Dora Varella - 72.03 4.) Ruby Lilley - 66.59 5.) Grace Marhoefer -60.00 Consolidated Top 10: 1.) Mizuho Hasegawa - 79.03 2.) Isadora Pacheco - 74.15 3.) Dora Varella - 72.03 4.) Nana Taboulet - 67.23 5.) Ruby Lilley - 66.59 6.) Grace Marhoefer -60.00 7.) Fay Ebert - 55.46 8.) Jordyn Barratt - 54.03 9.) Emilie Alexandre - 53.41 10.) Mei Sugawara - 53.10

Lola Tambling DNS for women's qualifying

Can also use the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series - Shanghai, China (olympics.com) - helps to translate the score into the individual boulder efforts.

At the halfway stage of men's street, Joe Hinson is placed 9th. With only the top-16 progressing, it is going to be tight for him to get through.

Men's Street Qualifying Group 2 Top-5 1.) Joseph Garbaccio - 85.52 2.) Matt Berger - 82.63 3.) Jake Ilardi - 81.78 4.) Angelo Caro - 80.10 5.) Jhancarlos Gonzalez Ortiz - 79.05 Consolidated Top-10 after 2 heats: 1.) Joseph Garbaccio - 85.52 2.) Matt Berger - 82.63 3.) Jake Ilardi - 81.78 4.) Angelo Caro - 80.10 5.) Filipe Mota - 79.19 6.) Jhancarlos Gonzalez Ortiz - 79.05 7.) Gabryel Aguilar - 78.59 8.) Kristofer Kroon - 77.40 9.) Joe Hinson - 73.40 10.) Micky Papa - 70.26 Top-16 Cut Off Score - 53.22

Great boulder qualifying round for Erin McNiece - she gets 3 top and a high zone to score 84.6. She's currently in 7th with 10 athletes left to compete who could potentially bump her down. Assuming no disasters in the lead round, then she should be well placed to get into the semi final. Molly Thompson Smith didn't do so well, with just 1 top and 1 high zone with 2 low zones. She's going to need something special in the lead qualifying if she is going to pull herself up into the top 20.

Joe Hinson finishes 3rd in his heat for men's skateboarding - street. Still 31 skaters to compete with top 16 advancing to semi finals.

Men's Street Qualifying Group 1 Top-5 1.) Filipe Mota - 79.19 2.) Kristofer Kroon - 77.40 3.) Joe Hinson - 73.40 4.) Kilian Zehnder - 69.33 5) Agustin Aquila - 63.89

Solid boulder qualifying round from Hamish McArthur in what has been a relatively low scoring competition. He is currently sitting in 2nd place with a score of 84.6 points.

Lily Strachan first Brit to compete at the OQS scoring 49.55 for her first run before posting marginal improvement to 50.08. She couldn't improve on that in the 3rd run so she finished 4th in her group and is currently sitting in 5th place overall with a further 22 skaters to compete.

Top-5 from group 2: 1) Nana Taboulet - 67.23 2.) Fay Ebert - 55.46 3.) Emilie Alexandre - 53.41 4.) Lily Strachan - 50. 08 5.) Kisa Nakamura - 49.23 Consolidated Top 10: 1) Nana Taboulet - 67.23 2.) Fay Ebert - 55.46 3.) Emilie Alexandre - 53.41 4.) Zheng Haohao - 51.73 5.) Lily Strachan - 50. 08 6.) Kisa Nakamura - 49.23 7.) Heili Sirvio - 48.83 8.) Aaliyah Wilson - 48.70 9.) Poppy Starr - 46.35 10.) Julia Benedetti - 45.81 Cut-off score for top-16 currently 37.10.

First qualifying group for women's park competition at OQS is complete. Top-5 from group 1: 1) Zheng Haohao - 51.73 2.) Aaliyah Wilson - 48.70 3.) Ceci Rendueles - 44.69 4.) Fernanda Tonissi - 42.16 5.) Madeleine Larcheron - 41.34

Sky Brown has withdrawn from the Olympic Qualifying Series event in Shanghai ahead of women's park qualifying. She is recovering from knee injury and hopes to return for the 2nd event in Budapest.