Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 30, China Mountaineering Association, 30th news: On the evening of 28th, local time in France, in the rock climbing world cup Olympic qualifier held in tuluz, although the Chinese player Song Xiaoling ranked the ninth missed women’s final in the preliminary competition, but she was still lucky to get an Olympic ticket.
According to the official of the rock climbing department of China Mountaineering Association, as a new project of Tokyo Olympic Games, there are 20 men and women participating in the rock climbing competition (up to two men and women each in each team), among them are the top 7 in this year’s World Rock Climbing Championships in Tokyo, the top 6 in this World Cup Olympic qualifier in Toulouse, and the 5 champions in the Intercontinental competitions held in five continents next spring, one host player and one balanced development quota.
The Rock Climbing World Cup Olympic qualifier was held in tuluz from November 28 to December 1, which is equivalent to the second chance for athletes from all walks of life to realize their Olympic dreams, but the “threshold” is very high: in this year’s World Cup, the best two-stop score is selected for each of the three all-round projects. Only the top 22 male and female athletes can participate in the competition. Zhang Yuetong, Song Xiaoling and Pan Yufei got the chance to participate in the Toulouse Olympic qualifier.
According to the schedule, the top eight in the total score of the preliminary match will be promoted to the final. In the end, Song Yiling ranked second in speed, 20th in rock climbing and 19th in difficulty, ranking ninth in the total points of the preliminary match; Zhang Yuetong ranked ninth in speed 11th, 17th in rock climbing and 14th in difficulty, and ranked 19th in the total points of the preliminary match. Since the number of Japanese women players participating in the Olympic Games is full, the results of the top eight Japanese women players are not included in the Olympic qualification ranking, plus the Slovenian women’s player gabriet has been shortlisted, therefore, Song Xiaoling successfully won the ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Previously, Pan Yufei had entered the men’s final with the scores of speed seventh, climbing Stone first, difficulty seventh and total points second in the preliminary match. Since one of the two Japanese players who also entered the finals won the top seven in the world championships and the other won a balanced development quota, they have already won two Olympic tickets. Therefore, Pan Yufei was in the top six regardless of his performance in the final and was firmly qualified for the Olympics. The men’s final will be held on the 30th.