Skip the multiplication format in 2024

It seems everyone agrees that the multiplication format used in the Tokyo Olympics was not ideal. The Olympics did not become a competition in who was best overall but instead benefited those who won any one of the three disciplines. If the same multiplication format will be used in Paris 2024, winning one discipline will almost guarantee a medal. Is this good or bad?

Personally, I think that as the name says "Combination", the format should premiere those who are best overall and not in a single discipline. Being runner-up in two disciplines is better than getting 1 and 4. (The latter multiplication of 4 is better due to countback who got the best individual result). When it comes to the qualification, I think it should be worse to be 2 and 18 compared to being 6 and 6, but the multiplication system will always favour uneven results.

One possible reason why the multiplication system was used in Tokyo is that this system had been in place for many years during the lead qualification. In this case, I like the system as we want the best climbers to advance to the semifinal and even if you are dead last on one route, you can still make it if you are Top-3 or 4 on the other route.