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#300 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 10:09:44 am
So my good buddy and all round hero Mikey Cleverdon got a silver medal at his first IFSC World Cup Event in Briancon.  6 seconds off gold.  Great effort. 

Great front page coverage of the teams efforts on UKC for a couple of days.

However, is it just me or is anyone else disappointed by the lack of coverage elsewhere and the lack of information on the IFSC web page.  Here's a few things I would like to see.

1) A live stream of the paraclimbing events.
2) Paraclimbing athlete profiles on the web page alongside the fizzotypicals.
3) World Cup rankings for paraclimbing on the front page.

From my perspective it feels like the paraclimbers are being treated as an add on and not as equals.  I would love to see coverage of paraclimbing on a level pegging.  An opportunity to put climbing at the forefront of inclusive sports?

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#301 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 11:05:16 am
I think the paraclimbing is far more inspirational/interesting than regular lead comps. The different methods used to attack routes by the different athletes makes it much more interesting to me...

Well flagged up BtB.

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#302 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 11:45:18 am
If they believe it will not draw in as many viewers then they aren't going to invest the same amount of time/money. Bad obviously, but that's just how it works.

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#303 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 04:50:04 pm
Isn't para-everything treated as an add on and not treated equal? Maybe it's because I'm a dick, and I'm sure I'll take flak for it, but I have minimal interest in watching para climbing. ..

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#304 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 04:56:27 pm
So my good buddy and all round hero Mikey Cleverdon got a silver medal at his first IFSC World Cup Event in Briancon.  6 seconds off gold.  Great effort. 

Great front page coverage of the teams efforts on UKC for a couple of days.

However, is it just me or is anyone else disappointed by the lack of coverage elsewhere and the lack of information on the IFSC web page.  Here's a few things I would like to see.

1) A live stream of the paraclimbing events.
2) Paraclimbing athlete profiles on the web page alongside the fizzotypicals.
3) World Cup rankings for paraclimbing on the front page.

From my perspective it feels like the paraclimbers are being treated as an add on and not as equals.  I would love to see coverage of paraclimbing on a level pegging.  An opportunity to put climbing at the forefront of inclusive sports?

The Paraclimbing events aren't actually World Cups, they do not have to conform to a Event Organisers Handbook standards. they are all stand alone events and there is no overall ranking.

When Paraclimbing is a 'real' World event ie the Paraclimbing World Championships, it is totally integrated with the World Championships and is webcast by the IFSC webcast team.

Webcasting at World Cups is pretty expensive and is funded by the fees that organisers pay the IFSC, these fees are not charged for Paraclimbing Cups. If an organiser wanted to webcast an event I am sure the IFSC could help promote it.

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#305 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 05:00:01 pm
Isn't para-everything treated as an add on and not treated equal? Maybe it's because I'm a dick, and I'm sure I'll take flak for it, but I have minimal interest in watching para climbing. ..

As just said, Paraclimbing is totally integrated into the World Championships and has provided some of the most memorable moments of my watching comps, and I have seen a few comps. However I concede that maybe 'you have to be there' to appreciate the atmosphere - the French blind climber in Paris 2012 where you could hear a pin drop and then 9000 people erupted after he fell near the top of the route.

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#306 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 05:04:14 pm
Isn't para-everything treated as an add on and not treated equal? Maybe it's because I'm a dick, and I'm sure I'll take flak for it, but I have minimal interest in watching para climbing. ..
It's stunning to watch sometimes. Matt Phillips is amazing.
I don't think you deserve flak for not wanting to watch it though. Like most Para events, the number of categories make it a difficult proposition to cover and a marathon to try and watch in it's entirety.
And that alone probably answers for why it receives less attention and coverage.
The Bloc Hobbit is an inspiration though; imagine reaching deep into the 8th grade after a stroke like that!


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#307 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 08:09:47 pm
This is amazing. All the more so when you consider than standards have exploded around him over the past decade or so. being 10th 10 years ago =/= being 10th today.

Fourteen years of progression: Desgrange's  placement over the last one hundred comps

[edit] I stole this from Arnaques, Grimpe et Polémiques[/edit]

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#308 Re: IFSC 2017
August 04, 2017, 08:25:39 pm
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” And not getting injured I suppose...

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#309 Re: IFSC 2017
August 06, 2017, 10:57:57 am
What's going to happen when his progress continues though??!

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#310 Re: IFSC 2017
August 06, 2017, 12:08:19 pm
Minus numbers. Like, duh.

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#311 Re: IFSC 2017
August 06, 2017, 08:08:53 pm
Exponential decay model.

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#312 Re: IFSC 2017
August 07, 2017, 06:56:03 am
Log pile :whistle:

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#313 Re: IFSC 2017
August 18, 2017, 08:26:03 pm
Michaela is in 2nd, ahead of Shauna with most of the likely contenders finished. She does seem to like Munich. Nathan Philips through too.

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#314 Re: IFSC 2017
August 18, 2017, 10:46:14 pm
I was hoping to make it at least to the semis tomorrow, but my flight back from .uk family holiday was just cancelled  >:(

Reason for the cancellation is apparently huge thunderstorms over there. The weather before summer thunderstorms so near the Alps is crushingly hot & sticky, and Shauna is famously not at her best in those conditions

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#315 Re: IFSC 2017
August 18, 2017, 11:07:41 pm
No one is at their best in those conditions

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#316 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 07:38:15 am
Hannah Slaney through too, her first semis?

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#317 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 07:49:44 am
Michaela is in 2nd, ahead of Shauna with most of the likely contenders finished. She does seem to like Munich. Nathan Philips through too.
Hannah Slaney through too, her first semis?

shame Leah didn't quite make the top 20

good luck strong British people!

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#318 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 08:34:09 am
Perhaps it's just people being people, but is there some beef between Michaela and the other British ladies?
Michaela qualifies second, but no congrats on social media from Shauna/Leah who did instead mention Hannah...
Just curious!

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#319 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 05:31:21 pm
Stream broke for others right now?

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#320 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 05:34:30 pm
it is cabbaged.

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#321 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 05:34:47 pm
Very broke

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#322 Re: IFSC 2017
August 19, 2017, 11:04:48 pm
Perhaps it's just people being people, but is there some beef between Michaela and the other British ladies?
Michaela qualifies second, but no congrats on social media from Shauna/Leah who did instead mention Hannah...
Just curious!

I'd hope it's just cos it was Hannah's first semifinal

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#323 Re: IFSC 2017
August 20, 2017, 12:45:11 pm
Stream broke for others right now?

Too late now but if the stream breaks try the Olympic Channel (accessed by clicking the link on IFSC homepage where it says 'click here if you can't access youtube'). I had to swap 3 or 4 times between them but one was always working.

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#324 Re: IFSC 2017
August 21, 2017, 02:22:30 pm
Watched the LIVE feed after the event over the last two nights and thought it was a good comp overall.

Jan Hojer crushing M1 with seconds to spare and Stasa sending the tricky slab were highlights  :2thumbsup:

Missing footage of Jan Hojer flashing M2 and Stasa's epic fail on W2 (I may have some of the problem numbers wrong) were low lights  :spank:

Edit; just watched the REPLAY and all footage is there..

 

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