Only seven of the Top-7 * 2 participated in Briancon

The Olympic impact on the Lead World Cup is really bad. Only 50 % of the Top-7 ranked make and female participated in Briancon. In reality, this means that the Lead World Cup 2019 has significantly dropped in importance, which is really sad but also according to what we earlier have said. During the Boulder WC, the show up rate of the best was pretty good although Shauna Coxey did just go for two events. The obvious reason for the drop out is of course that doing too many comps in three disciplines will reduce the chances to qualify and getting a good result for Tokyo 2020. In one month time, the Combined WCH final will take place in Tokyo giving out Olympic ticket to the Top-7. There is a big risk that the ones who have qualified or know that they have made it to Toulouse will continue to skip the Lead World Cups. In the end, this means that there is a risk that the winners of the Lead WC will not participate in Tokyo 2020.