Speed climbers might be embarrassing in Tokyo

Marcin Dzienski has won the last four Boulder World Cups and the World Championship in Paris. Last weekend, the Pole competed in the University Championship also in Lead and Boulder, where his results suggest that it will be impossible for him to qualify to the Olympic based on Combined results. In Bouldering he was dead last with no zones even if you have to do four problems just to qualify to the semifinal. In Lead he was third last, only beating two guys who were said to struggle on 7a moves. The only option for Marcin and probably all speed specialists is to win the Speed World Championship as IOC has requested that that person qualify. However, just imagine how strange it would be for him and also the spectators to watch him not being able to move from the marked starting position.