Did the biggest names make it to Paris 2024?

The second, and final, round of the Olympic Qualifier Series took place in Budapest, Hungary, over the weekend, with the final tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympics on the line.
#olympics #climbing

[@anettep6678]

Janja, Ai, Brooke is my guess, but silver and bronze could easily also go to Miho, Jessica, or Natalia

[@callum3973]

To find out megos can out drink me in tea..has only made me respect him more

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Its more impressive than any of his climbing achievements in our eyes

[@chdimas]

Great video

[@jens1525]

IMO, Janja has a 99% chance of winning gold and Jakob has maybe a 50% chance of winning gold, everything else is somewhat dependent on luck and form on the day.

There's no surprise Hamish qualified - if you squint your eyes hard enough, he looks like Adam Ondra 😂

[@ukclimbingofficial]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pants1359]

did i miss something, I swear miho got second in budapest

[@christophh9477]

She did. He is mixing the results, some he gives the correct overall results, but when he specifically mentions overall womens results he falsely gives the shanghai results.

[@aadrian14700]

How about Alberto Gines?? Huge potential for this guy

[@ukclimbingofficial]

We were all really impressed by how strong he looked in Budapest. If he’s on the same form in Paris then he’ll definitely be up there with a chance of a medal - maybe even another gold 👀

[@augustclimbing]

Of all the recent qualifiers, I'm most excited about Brooke Raboutou and I think there's a very good chance we'll see her on the podium at Paris 2024! Also happy to see that you've got 4 folks competing from GBR... it's gonna be a thrilling competition to watch 👍🏻👍🏻

[@HourRomanticist]

Some would say it's guaranteed Brooke gets position 2 or 3 given she's not injured.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Both Brooke and Colin are really exciting - definitely ones to watch. I thought that Colin was one of the stars of the show during Tokyo 2020. As for Brooke, she’s certainly got a strong chance of winning a medal, although which one is anyone’s guess 😅

[@augustclimbing]

@@ukclimbingofficial so very true! We’re in for a good show 👍🏻👍🏻

[@augustclimbing]

@@HourRomanticist I guess we’ll have to wait and see 😄 Anything is possible in the comp climbing world 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jonathanyes112]

I am confused, the tables for the OQS results show that those in 7th place don’t qualify, even though those below them do? Mejdi and Ito both miss out even though they gained a higher score than 6 other qualifying athletes?

[@ukclimbingofficial]

This is because their countries had already filled their quota of athletes.

[@MrStillfree69]

The limit is 2 men and 2 women per country. Ito didn't quality because Ai Mori and Miho Nonaka got the spots. Mejdi didn't qualify because Sam Avezou and Paul Jenft got those spots.

[@gst1375]

@@ukclimbingofficialKnowing that some people are running around the Olympics, who should not have been there, makes me feel both angry and sad (for those who are better climbers and did not qualify). I want to see the best climbers compete! I do not want to see people attend, who only attend because the country is considered "important" and has mandatory spots. It just ruins the "best person" aspect of the competition..

[@ukclimbingofficial]

@@gst1375 ultimately though, the best climbers are at the competition.

[@MrStillfree69]

@@gst1375 I would agree that Mejdi and Ito might deserve the spots more than some others based on their latest performance. At the same time, it's only two people who's been snubbed like this.

[@daphnisetchloe]

26 cannot be good for u

[@surikatga]

I think that leaving out speed climbing as "worse quality climbing" is a bit pathetic. It is different, but somehow assuming lead and speed are both better is a classic asshole move.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Well it’s not being left out, it just has its own medal which recognises how completely different the disciplines are.

[@TheEncrow]

Speed climbing is a completely different sport than lead/bouldering, it lacks the original purpose of climbing (climbing rocks and such) and the whole problem solving aspect. Perhaps it could even be considered more similar to a gymastics routine, repeating and perfecting the same moves, than climbing. It is certaintly "worse quality climbing", not neccessarily worse overall, but worse as a climbing discipline.

[@kieranjo1135]

He was moreso saying that the quality of climbing on lead and boulder was worse from the speed climbers who qualified who just dont have the skill to match actual climbers

[@ukclimbingofficial]

I think that’s the nub of issue. Speed climbers werent up to the standard in lead/boulder and lead/boulder climbers weren’t up to the standard in speed. Having the combination of all three was the worst of all worlds, whereas the split brings out the best in both. That said, we won’t be covering speed on here (although we will within our written reports on site).

[@TesterAnimal1]

“Speed” “climbing” is bollocks.

[@MrStillfree69]

My bet is Janja and Toby gold medals, Ai and Jacob silver. Can't really guess the bronze, everyone has a chance

[@radimm5936]

sorato is better than toby

[@CFG_01]

@@radimm5936my money is also on Sorato. Adam/Jakob are always in the running for me if they can keep it together mentally and the climbs aren’t all dynos.

[@Asdfghjkl-ls1or]

Jakob is also better than Toby but yeh my money is on anraku

[@prozeza]

The qualifiers happened? Who knew? Who could watch? Since the IFSC paywalled everything, we don't watch anymore.

[@alexanderoliver8399]

it was free for everyone on the official Olympics website live - you can still se both highlights and full replays from both Budapest and Shanghai there :)

[@MrStillfree69]

Budapest comp has been streamed for free at Olympics youtube channel. But I can't say if it was available worldwide, or just for Europe.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

As per the other comments, it was free on the Olympics Channel. I think you can still watch the replays, if it’s of interest. This is specifically for the OQS though, not the IFSC Comps, which are - as you say - behind a paywall.

[@Asdfghjkl-ls1or]

You need to use a vpn but otherwise they are easy to watch

[@prozeza]

@@alexanderoliver8399 That's cool, thank you for the info.

[@darrenmarney8577]

So the surfers get ocean waves & not wave pools 👌 Climbers don't get to challenge on real rock 😶 I will always remember who firstly climbed Parthian Shot but an Olympic gold medallist ! Probably not & its not about ignorance 😂 It's just not rock 👍

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It's just two very different things now - indoors and outdoors. Climbers constantly challenge themselves on 'real rock'; however, they also choose to challenge themselves on plastic too. Some climbers do both, other's don't, and much the same could be said for the audience - everyone has their personal preferences and biases. When it comes to why competitions don't take place on real rock, the main reason is environmental. There are examples from the 1980s where routes were manufactured for competitions, with drilled/glued holds, and that isn't something we should be encouraging. Within an indoor environment you can control exactly what holds you have on the wall, and the exact level of difficulty, which is important when you're trying to set apart athletes. In short: there's room for both :-)