18 August 2022

Schubert wins the Combined gold in Munich

Jakob Schubert got 80.5 points and was tied #3 in Boulder. The Austrian was the only one to do boulder #2 but then he failed on the next easier problem. Adam Ondra won Boulder scoring 80.7 points, just 0.1 points ahead of Sam Avezou. In Lead, Schubert got 95.1 points as he dynoed to the top but could not hold the swing, giving him a total of 175.6 points. Adam Ondra was last out and it had started to rain. If the Czech would get to the same hold as Schubert controlled he would win by O.1 point. Ondra did, in fact, not need to dyno to the top. However, after a big drama, he fell touching the hold that would have given him the gold, if he had controlled it.

Alberto Gines Lopez, the Olympic champion, got the bronze with 151.7 points. Complete results

Schubert commented to IFSC: ” “I wasn’t so nervous watching Adam [Ondra] as when I fell, I knew I had silver. I was like 99% sure I would have a silver and 100% sure Adam would get really close to me. It came as a bit of a surprise that he didn’t climb the top as well as me and fell before me. It doesn’t happen often.

It definitely feels amazing, not because it’s a medal, but because it’s a gold medal. This whole event has been amazing and so has the crowd. Every round has felt like a final. I was missing a medal though. I was a bit sad with my fourth place in Lead and now I’m happy to have this memory of a medal because it’s what this event deserves.”

It should be noted that Sam Avezou would have goten the bronze of the Olympic multiplication format was used. With the new performance based system he was #6. Furthermore, Ondra would have goten the gold.
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