THE OLYMPIC GAMES BEGIN
The Spanish climber is relying on his favourite difficulty to regain his position and qualify for the eight finalists. Sorato Anraku dominates the bouldering round with two chain climbs, beating his compatriot Tomoa Narasaki and the British Toby Roberts.
Los Paris 2024 Olympic Games The sport climbing competition has begun with the men’s semi-final of the combined event in the bouldering category. A qualifying round that will be combined with the difficult event on Wednesday to determine the eight finalists who will fight for the medals on Friday.
Alberto Gines He was one of the twenty participants who took on the four blocks proposed by the setters. The Spanish climber, the first Olympic climbing gold medallist in history, in Tokyo 2020, did not have his best morning. He finished in the position 14with a total of 28.7 points, after having reached the top zone in the first two blocks and the bottom zone in the last two.
Few tops
However, he will continue to have options in his favourite category, the difficulty. And there have only been six climbers capable of solving a problem and, of them, only Sorato Anraku He has achieved more than one top spot. The young Japanese, one of the top favourites for gold, has achieved two top spots and two high zones to achieve a clear first position with 69.0 points that practically put him in the final.
Sorato Anraku, in the Paris 2024 bouldering semi-final (Photo: RTVE).
The Japanese also have a fairly clear path to the final. Tome Narasaki (54.4), the British Toby Roberts (54.1), the French Sam Avezou (49.2), the Czech Adam Ondra (48.7) and the Austrian Jacob Schubert (44.7).
From this sixth position occupied by the current world champion, a gap of more than ten points opens up with respect to a group of eight climbers who, foreseeably, will fight for the last two places in the final. The Belgian Hannes van Duysen (34.3) and the British Hamish McArthur (34.2) are the ones who occupy them now, but behind them there are several specialists in difficulty who have them within their reach. The Korean is especially dangerous for them. Dohyun Lee (34.0), the American Colin Duffy (33.8) and Spanish Alberto Gines (28.7).
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