Bad start of the Youth Worlds in Arco

Out of 65 competitors in the youngest female category, 26 girls (13 and 14 years old) did not even get one zone. They all ended dead last on a tied #38. Ashima Shiraishi was the only one to top out all qualification boulders, and in fact only nine made more than one. In the female youth A it was almost as bad, so it was a really bad start for the vibe at the Youth World's in Arco. The route setters need to make one boulder or even zone much easier in order not to destroy the youngsters' self confidence. On the other hand, the results just show that the scoring system is not so nice and it would be much better for everyone if there were possibly two or three zones, which 8a has suggested before. Imagine also that some of the 14-year-old girls who did not score even one zone had been wating up to 8 hours in the isolation.