Bassa secures Olympic ticket with 0,04 sec

The Speed qualifying event in Tououse turned out to be super dramatic. After the first round, Bassa Mawem was #1 with 5.731. Then Alifan Muhammed beat him doing 5.726, i.e he was 0.005 seconds faster. In front of his home crowd, Bassa improved his time with getting 5.687. This means that most probably Bassa Mawem has secured a spot in the Olympics, like his brother Mickael previously did. The only risk is in fact if Manuel Cornu also makes it Top-8 and beat him in the final, filling up the country quota. Other than that Jan Hojer set a new PB with 6.456 as #3. If the German also is Top-3 in bouldering, most probably he should also advance to the final even if he is dead last in Lead. It should also be good enough to be #5 in Boulder and #12 in Lead. One uncertainty is if Yannick Flohe fills up the country quota. Noteworthy was also that Adam Ondra did set a new PB with 7.464 which was almost sensational as he previoulsy mainly has done 8+ seconds races. Complete results (c) Vladek Zumr