The Paris 2024 Olympics will see Breaking make its Olympic debut, while other sports will feature revised formats and disciplines. Olympics.com brings you everything you need to know about what’s new in Paris 2024, so you’re up to date with all the changes at the next Olympics.
Today we look at the new format of sport climbing. With more events, more medals and more athletes, the competition at the Paris 2024 venue is sure to be even more spectacular Le Bourget.
What is the new sport climbing format at Paris 2024?
Paris 2024 will feature two sport climbing events per gender: Boulder and lead combined And fast climbing. Four gold medals will be awarded at Le Bourget, the Olympic venue for sport climbing north of Paris.
In the combined competition, the athletes compete in both bouldering and lead climbing. Placements are determined by adding up the points earned in each of these specialties. The goal of the competition is to reach the highest point an athlete can reach on the climbing wall. Each time a zone or move is validated, points are awarded to the climber, while unsuccessful attempts result in a point allocation. The best possible score is 200.
In speed climbing, athletes try to reach the top of a 15 meter wall as soon as possible The format includes a qualifying round and races between two opponents. The winning athletes advance through a bracket to the finals, which determine the inaugural male and female Olympic speed climbing champions.
“The two events are completely different and fans will notice that just by looking at the climber’s physique. They have very different styles.” Oriane Bertone explained Olympics.com during a camp with the French national team.
Bouldering and lead climbing require more effort, while speed climbing is key.
What was the previous Olympic sport climbing format?
Sport climbing made its debut in the Olympic program in Tokyo 2020. There was only one event per gender, a combined event that included Boulder, Lead and Speed.
Each climber competed in the three different Tokyo specialties and had to be a great all-rounder as the points gained in each discipline were combined. At this competition, the first sport climbing champions in Olympic history were crowned: Janja Garnbrett And Alberto Gines Lopez.
What are the main differences between the old and new sport climbing formats?
Paris 2024 will double the number of events and the number of The number of competing athletes will also increase from 40 to 68.
The increase in medal chances will also mean there’s more fun to be had. Because speed is so different from bouldering and lead, its removal from the combined event has been welcomed by many athletes who believe they can express themselves better in their chosen discipline.
“Since speed is no longer important in the combination, the training becomes easier because the training was hard for all three disciplines. It’s really cool because we can focus on our disciplines,” explains Bertone.
Athletes to watch at sport climbing in Paris 2024
while speed climbing, Veddriq Leonardo And Clerk’s Chiromal dominated 2022. The two climbers from Indonesia topped the World Cup rankings, with Kiromal even setting a new world record in Chamonix with a time of 5.00 seconds. The European Speed Champion 2022 is Danyil Boldyrev from Ukraine.
On the women’s side Alexandra Miroslav is the biggest name in the field. Not only was she the 2022 European Champion, she also set a new world record last year with a time of 6.53 seconds. Also from Poland Aleksandra Kalucka ended the year at the top of the world rankings. Emma Hunt is one of the most consistent speed climbers in the world and won the title at the World Games.
In Bouldering and Lead, the ranking is still in a developing phase due to the small number of competitions organized for the event. Nevertheless, the Japanese men’s team in the 2022 Bouldering World Cup impressed with climbers such as Yoshiyuki Ogata, Kokoro Fujii And I guess it’s a job sweep the podium. Yannik Floe from Germany and Mejdi Schalck from France are among the most promising climbers looking to beat the Japanese team.
Janja Garnbrett is aiming for a second Olympic gold medal after triumphing in Tokyo, where she demonstrated her prowess in each of the three disciplines. Natalia Grossman And Brooke Raboutouboth from the USA, led the combined world rankings at the end of 2022. The question is can they beat newly promoted Slovenia in Paris?
Nonaka Miho in the rock and Seo Chaehyun at the top could convince in 2022 and will have big ambitions on the way to Paris 2024 Bertone who is already a star of the sport at the age of 18. With her home Olympics approaching, she can count on loud support from her local fans.
How to qualify for sport climbing in Paris 2024?
Even though the number of quota spots allocated differs in each event, the road to Paris 2024 is almost the same for both bouldering and lead and speed climbing.
The first Olympic qualifying event is the World Championships, to be held in Bern, Switzerland, in early August 2023. After that, continental qualifying tournaments will be organized in the fall of 2023. The last available odds for climbers will be awarded by the Olympics Qualifier Series, which is scheduled to take place between March and June 2024.
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