13 July 2021

Tied finals go to countback also to quallies

During the finals in Chamonix, the commentators said twice that time would be the decisive factor if there would be ties, as all eight finalists had topped the semi. This thought was also put forward in the winner interview with Laura Rogora who answered that this was not the case as her result was not tied. The commentator seems to have missed that, according to the IFSC Rules, which is easy to misunderstand, that also the qualification results counts.

7.24 Semi-final and Final rankings.
B) in relation to the Semi-Final round, if any competitors are tied following the ranking procedure of Article 7.22, their relative ranking shall be determined by count-back to their Qualification Ranking (unless the Qualification round was held with two Starting Groups).
C) in relation to the Final round, if any competitors are tied following the ranking procedure of Article 7.22, their relative ranking shall be determined:
1) by count-back to their rankings from the preceding round; and
2) if following count-back, any competitors are tied in joint first, second or third place, these places shall be determined by the climbing time for each competitor (lower times are better).

Alex Totkova was tied with Vita Lukan at 38+ and Vita made it to that score in less time than Alex. However, as Alex had a better ranking coming into to the final, she got the bronze. From my understanding, it seems that the word "relative" is missing in 7.24 C 1.
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