Well it sure was an interesting semifinal to say the least. Here are some stats and facts for y’all.
7 out of 80 possible tops made
3 tops for Garnbret
1 top on boulder 1
2 tops on boulder 2
2 tops on boulder 3
2 tops on boulder 4
It was an incredibly brutal semifinal. I’ll have a full write up available on Totallympics Media’s website after the women’s final.
I was going to write an article on Totallympics Media about it, but just never got around too it. It was all livestreamed, but not replay able unfortunately
I hate that the Boulder Semifinals and Finals are on the same day. It makes the event impossible to cover as a journalist. Plus, the Tokyo time zone doesn’t help.
Really, really cool video here :
I didn’t think I’d love this video as much as I did. Really cool behind the scenes. The Olympic Broadcast commentator congratulating the performers at the end is really cool too.
There are some more fan friendly posts in the Totallympics Mixed Zone on the home page. There are a few things you can vote on and share. I’d recommend taking a look.
Well I think though it’s weighted in favor of the favorites, It does give us the most deserving winner. Any tournament winner has to survive pool play, survive double elimination, and win their semifinal and final matches.
Yes. Pool A and Pool B are the top tier teams. Pool C and Pool D is everyone else. All 8 top tier teams advance to at least the round of 12. The top 4 (2 from each pool) Pool C and D teams advance to the round of 12. The losers go to the President’s Cup.
At the round of 12 we begin the double elimination part of the tournament. Once there are 4 teams to remaining we go to single elimination for Semifinals. Every team will play a final placement match.
Australia isn’t half bad either. They almost beat one of the more historic and more skilled teams in their pool. It’s a good win for the Dutch boys.
I’d say the Dutch might have a small to decent chance at winning the President’s Cup (12th-18th Place Rankings)
Pool Standings After Day 2
Pool A
2-0
2-0
0-2
0-2
Pool B
2-0
2-0
0-2
0-2
Pool C
3-0
2-1 (need to win remaining games)
- - - - - - - -
1-2 (not looking like they’re going to advance)
1-1 (beat Serbia head to head/lost to Czech’s: Still favorites to advance)
0-3 (President’s Cup for them)
Pool D
3-0
2-1 (looking good for advancement)
- - - - - - - -
1-2 (All but relegated to President’s Cup)
1-2 (same as NED)
0-2 (I mean mathematically they’re not relegated, but they definitely will be)