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Eddie Fowke has made a great interview with David Firnenburg, #3 in Combined in Paris and #6 in the Combined 8a ranking game - Between lecture room, competition and rock.
The usual way of his older climbing colleagues in Germany is to abandon their sport career sooner or later and to give priority to their vocational training.
โThis reasonable decision indeed affects our sport adversely, because like this a sustainable international competitiveness is not to be expected. Realistically I see my chances to participate in the Olympic Games in 2020 more as an outsider. But if I can maintain my joy of climbing and continue also to rely on my capabilities, it doesnโt seem impossible to me to have a chance of taking part at Tokyoโ, David ends.
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