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#100 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 10:25:35 am
Canadian Olympic Committee - with supporting quotes from Sean & Alannah - announced they won't be taking part if it goes ahead this summer as planned

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#101 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 11:46:32 am
Canadian Olympic Committee - with supporting quotes from Sean & Alannah - announced they won't be taking part if it goes ahead this summer as planned

Australians as well now.

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#102 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 11:54:42 am
Will delaying it a year be an utter disaster? I know there are lots of things geared up for 2020, but surely it can't go ahead.

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#103 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 07:20:22 pm
Latest from Abe: postponement "may become inevitable".  For non-Japanese speakers this can be translated as "there is absolutely no way the Olympics are taking place this summer".

 :lol:

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#104 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 07:56:08 pm
Looks like postponement until 2021.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/52002474

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#105 Re: Olympics 2020
March 23, 2020, 10:04:23 pm
Guessed as much.

Dick Pound - been an amusing name for so long.

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#106 Re: Olympics 2020
March 24, 2020, 01:02:56 pm
Thoughts and prayers for all the athletes who are gonna have to climb indoors and speed climb for another year  :wavecry:

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#107 Re: Olympics 2020
March 24, 2020, 01:10:30 pm
Thoughts and prayers for all the athletes who are gonna have to climb indoors and speed climb for another year  :wavecry:

Ondra must be pissed

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#108 Re: Olympics 2020
March 24, 2020, 01:15:18 pm
Thoughts and prayers for all the athletes who are gonna have to climb indoors and speed climb for another year  :wavecry:

Ondra must be pissed

A ‘Road to Tokyo ‘ vid of him smashing up his flat would be good.

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#109 Re: Olympics 2020
March 24, 2020, 01:31:52 pm
you think this will be a single outlier, or reckon the whole olympic cycle will be put back a year?

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#110 Re: Olympics 2020
March 24, 2020, 02:28:27 pm
Thoughts and prayers for all the athletes who are gonna have to climb indoors and speed climb for another year  :wavecry:

Ha ha I wondered about this, imagine a year or two of practising the pointless mundanity that is speed climbing.

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#111 Re: Olympics 2020
April 01, 2020, 09:54:19 am
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/04/fingerboarding_to_replace_speed_climbing_in_tokyo_2020_games-72257

A sensible and proportionate decision I think, absolutely the right thing to do in this, or any other, climate. Should have done it from the start to be honest. Ondra will be fucked though, he never fingerboards!

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#112 Re: Olympics 2020
April 01, 2020, 10:59:00 am
A ‘Road to Tokyo ‘ vid of him smashing up his flat would be good.

With "The Long and Winding Road" playing in the background.

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#113 Re: Olympics 2020
August 28, 2020, 09:36:33 am
Tomoa Nagasaki is the first Japanese to do the speed climbing wall in under 6 seconds in an official competition. Two runs on 5"88 last weekend
https://planetgrimpe.com/2020/08/26/tomoa-narasaki-devient-le-premier-japonais-a-passer-sous-la-barre-des-6-secondes-en-vitesse/

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#114 Re: Olympics 2020
August 28, 2020, 10:48:18 am
Hes really not that far behind the PBs of the qualified speed specialists now.

Fastest time in the combined at the world cup was 5.9 ish and even in the speed event was around 5.6 but most were higher.

I always thought the boulder specialists would be able to get good at speed. I do think Tomoa will need to get top 2 or 3 in speed to have any chance of winning gold as his lead wont be good enough. Ondra will be focusing on getting 1st in lead and boulder and is capable as is Shubert but i dont think he will in boulder. I think Tomoa will get 5th or lower in lead, 4th at best.

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#115 Re: Olympics 2020
November 28, 2020, 07:58:06 pm
Updated tables with all qualified climbers:

1GARNBRETJanjaSLO
2NOGUCHIAkiyoJPN
3COXSEYShaunaGBR
4MIROSLAWAleksandraPOL
5NONAKAMihoJPN
6KLINGLERPetraSUI
7RABOUTOUBrookeUSA
8PILZJessicaAUT
9CHANOURDIEJuliaFRA
10KRAMPLMiaSLO
11KAPLINAIuliiaRUS
12CONDIEKyraUSA
13ROGORALauraITA
14SONGYiLingCHN
15YIPAlannahCAN
16JAUBERTAnouckFRA
17MESHKOVAViktoriiaRUS

1NARASAKITomoaJPN
2SCHUBERTJakobAUT
3KHAIBULLINRishatKAZ
4HARADAKaiJPN
5MAWEMMickaelFRA
6MEGOSAlexanderGER
7FOSSALILudovicoITA
8MCCOLLSeanCAN
9ONDRAAdamCZE
10PANYuFeiCHN
11GINÉS LÓPEZAlbertoESP
12HOJERJanGER
13MAWEMBassaFRA
14COLEMANNathanielUSA
15DUFFYColinUSA
16PICCOLRUAZMichaelITA
17RUBTSOVAlekseiRUS


Final three places will be decided at the remaining continental champs:
Asian champs 10-12-20   
Oceanian champs 17-12-20   
African champs 19-12-20   

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#116 Re: Olympics 2020
December 15, 2020, 04:24:36 pm
UKC report that the Asian continetal championships have been cancelled and the quota places have been awarded to the highest ranked eligible climbers from Hachioji - Jongwon Chon and Chaehyun Seo.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/12/japan_lose_olympic_quota_place_lawsuit_and_asian_championships_cancelled-72660

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#117 Re: Olympics 2020
December 15, 2020, 04:34:27 pm
Oceania champs will be live streamed here:

African champs might be live streamed here but not sure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nxf2lWwkvU&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=ClimbAfrica2020

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#118 Re: Olympics 2020
December 15, 2020, 06:38:33 pm
Thanks for the updates and stream links, hoss :).

Looking at the line-ups I am already excited about the Olympic climbers.

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#119 Re: Olympics 2020
December 15, 2020, 07:18:23 pm
You are welcome.

I am also pretty excited about the Olympics - in general, not just climbing. I even considered buying a TV the other day, I'm not sure laptop screen viewing will cut it!

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#120 Re: Olympics 2020
July 28, 2021, 12:26:57 am
Kids eating concrete in the skateboarding was great. My only knowledge of skating is derived from watching the odd YouTube clip and playing Tony Hawk - I was really surprised at how low percentage it was to do a particular grind down a rail at this level. Also, when they were doing the extended run around the park they kept hopping off their boards, doing a little run to pick up some speed, and jumping back on again. Has nobody told them they can hold down A and cruise round indefinitely?
Seriously, great sport if not brutal.


Women's canoe slalom also a good watch.

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#121 Re: Olympics 2020
July 28, 2021, 11:10:48 am

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#122 Re: Olympics 2020
July 28, 2021, 11:46:38 am
Tom Pidcock who was on MVP wheel as they hit the jump said he sort of knew MVP was going to fall off.

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#123 Re: Olympics 2020
July 28, 2021, 12:01:47 pm


at least it wasn't a numpty official walking onto the course

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#124 Re: Olympics 2020
July 29, 2021, 10:49:42 pm
Interesting news story
BBC News - Why cannabis is still a banned Olympics substance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58003743

Why indeed? Especially for a 100m sprinter!

 

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