Free Solo possible in the Olympics - April Fools day

Based on the extreme media interest of Alex Honnold's Free Solo after the film winning an Oscar, some federations have suggested that Speed climbing can be done over a gigantic air bag. One more argument is that the auto-belay pull some 5 kg helping the lighter ones more, creating unfairness. The idea is that the athletes can choose to go solo and if so, they will be allowed to start on "steady" meanwhile the not so brave ones will have to wait until "go". If this works out well, also higher walls will be tested and then in the finals, only solo climbing will be allowed but small parachutes will be possible. "We have already tested out the idea with the market and as a matter of a fact, we have been offered 1 million Euro from one company for a gigantic parachute logo," explains one official. "We hope and estimate that the coverage of such an Olympic final will set a new record in visitors."