High stakes for last Olympic tickets

The last Olympic tickets will be handed out after the Continental Championships the next spring. As the European CH will take place just two weeks before the Boulder WC 2020 starts and actually the Asian CH, three weeks after, it is a hard decision to make. Fanny Gibert and especially the other boulder specialists are probably asking themself, is it really worth it to continue training Speed the whole winter. Furthermore, as a boulder specialist, should you actually start the Boulder beeing weaker then the rest of the crew? What are your odds for you making it and how much more do you have to sacrifice? On the other hand, if it turns out that most do not think it is worth it, your chances of succeed increase. However, what must be taken into consideration is that everyone who have already been invited to Tokyo will most probably participate and be in good Combined shape. We are talking, 9 female and 8 male from Europe respectively, 3 female and four male from Europe. It should also be noted that Japan will probably send their full team as they hope the Asian CH will act like a qualification event for them. Add to that, that the Speed specialist have nothing to loose. They do not have to make one single session of Lead or Boulder, by being Top-2 in the qualification in Speed they have good chances to grab the last spot to Tokyo. My bet is that Fanny and the other doubters will not go full in but anyhow compete in Combined and hope for some luck. In the end, at least one of the tickets in Europe will be given to another Speed specialist. The reason for this is that for the Speed Specialists, who did not qualify, will act like the Speed qualification event is the most important event if they can make it to Tokyo. They will go full tilt meanwhile the once already made it will think the Speed CH itself, is more important. In Asia, Chaehyon Seo and Jongwon Chon both from Korea will get the invitations to Tokyo.