The best qualified will not participate in Youth Olympics

USA Climbing explains that the reason for no USA climbers are competing in the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires is that they had failed to, in time, be a recognized member of their USOC. In the Combined Youth World Championship 2017, the qualifying event, Ashima Shiraishi and Brooke Raboutou were #2 and #3. From Italy, Giorgia Tesia qualified by winning the Combined European Championship (CEC) and Pietro Biagini qualified twice including being #2 in the CEC. Bagni might not be so famous yet but with a personal Speed record of 7.36 and #45 in the Lead WCH in Innsbruck, he would have had chances to actually make podium and this also goes for Georgia. From the Youth World Championship, were the Top-15 qualified, the lowest ranked male who made it to Buenos Aires was #24 and the lowest ranked female was #64.