Raboutou and Lee win OQS in Shanghai

The first round of the Olympic Qualifying Series took place in Shanghai and after four days of climbing, Brooke Raboutou and Dohyun Lee won the final round. The second stage will occur in Budapest 20-23/6, with a total of ten Olympic tickets at stake.

1. Brooke Raboutou USA 140.9 - Dohyun Lee KOR 134.5
2. Chaehyun Seo KOR 134.3 - A. Gines Lopez ESP 124.5
3. Erin Mcneice GBR 127.8 - Adam Ondra CZE 124.1
4. Miho Nonaka JPN 127.7 - Paul Jenft FRA 113.1
5. Futaba Ito JPN 116.5 - Sascha Lehmann SUI 110.4
6. Ievgeniia Kazbekova UKR 107.2 - H. van Duysen BEL 94.6
7. Zhilu Luo CHN 98.8 - Hamish McArthur GBR 93.9
8. Zelia Avezou FRA 96.5 - Sam Avezou FRA 9.8
Complete female results - Complete male ascents

Raboutou said, “It means a lot. I have been working really, really hard. I have big goals and dreams and I was really proud of the climbing I put in today. I still feel like I have more to give which is exciting. I really just climbed for myself which is when I climb my best. I was able to get in a really good mindset and enjoy myself but with determination. It felt really good to try really hard and show what I am capable of. I went through some really hard times last year and I learned so much from them. Honestly, I am grateful for them because I feel like they are making me stronger today, both physically and especially mentally. Nobody wants the hard times and the challenging times but that’s just part of my path and journey. So, I am proud of what I am doing."

Lee comments on his victory, “Even though the Boulder results weren’t great, I wasn’t that affected. I was still confident in Lead because Lead is my main discipline. I just wanted to do what I could do but I didn’t believe I could top it. I didn’t feel any pressure, but I was surprised to top the climb. I am not very expressive, I am very calm normally, but today I was emotional. I trained a lot for this and I realised what it meant. This is the main reason why I am climbing. For Korea, Climbing is not that big so this will tell many people about Climbing.” More quotes on IFSC.