3 December 2019

Speed team work for bronze in Tokyo

We all know that whoever wins the Speed in Tokyo will advance to the final. Mathematically, getting 1 - 8 - 8 will probably mean #5 overall but also #4 or #6 is could be the case. In theory, a bronze is also possible but then, first of all, the two same climbers need to get both two first places in Boulder and Lead. Furthermore, whoever gets third in one discipline needs to be among the last in the others. However, the presumed four female Speed climbers in Tokyo could dramatically increase the possibilities for a bronze by sophisticated and non-Sportsmanship teamwork. First, they run in Speed and then they just help the winner to get the bronze by performing tactically in Boulder and Lead. In practice, this would mean that only the #2 in Speed tries to get a zone in boulder and then go as high as possible in Lead. This would mean #2, at worst, ends 2 *17 * 17 = 578. In Hachioji, 432 points were needed to make the final Top-8 but if we add two more Speed specialists, the #8 score would have been 720 points. Among the female 420 points were needed but once again having four Speed specialists, the #8 score would have been 504. We should also add that with the country quota, it is more likely that the score of the #8 will get higher. In other words, with some Teamwork among the female Speed specialists, two could make it to the final Top-8. Then in the final, the same procedure and the best could up with 1 * 7 * 7 = 49 which probably would mean a bronze. I do not encourage teamwork like suggested but it shows another weakness of the multiplication format and IFSV should follow it up.
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