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Olympic qualification Paris 2024
mattbirddog:
Hiya,
Invitation for the urban series events will be based on 2023 world cup performance so almost certainly will be say...top 40 overall ranks invited or top 40 over boulder and lead.
So really, the journey to Paris starts sooner than World Champs in Bern for most athletes.
Potash:
It really does appear that the selection method is aiming to select the best climbers from over a year prior to the Olympics.
If the 40 invites (still sounds dodgy and a weird stitch up) leading to 10 places are based on positions in the 2023 world cup series and there are 3 places from 2023 World Championships that means that 13 out of 18 competitive places will be awarded on the basis of performance over a year prior to the Olympics.
This seems harsh for any climbers who are actually good at climbing when the Olympics take place as opposed to aging has-beens who are squatting in places that they gained based on what happened 12 month previously.
Looking at Athletics it appears you can qualify up to 4 weeks prior to the Olympics which is surely much better for selecting people who are actually "currently" good at climbing.
Moo:
It’s not like the French to do dodgy stuff in competitions :-\
abarro81:
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Is this a typo or is Olympic climbing trying to be street?
mattbirddog:
No, you are correct.
The IOC is putting breakdancing, skating, BMX and climbing together. I agree whilst the others make total sense, for climbing in a traditional sense feels like a bit of a stretch.
I guess most indoor walls and climbers are from urban areas so that's how you wrap your head around it? Plus all will be held in Cities.
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