11 September 2017
Youth olympic candidates
The Youth World Championship 2017 did show that the youngsters are well ahead of the seniors when it comes to Speed climbing. Most probably at least a dozen from Innsbruck will also make it to Tokyo 2020. Here is a provisional ranking list of the kids having the greatest chances. Note, it has net been decided how many athletes from one country can participate. Most likely it will be max 2 or 3.
WC results marked as B and L: PR = Personal record in Speed
1. Yushiyuki Ogata JPN: #4 and #5 in last two L & B: PR 8:51
2. Sam Avezou FRA: #11 in Lead: PR 7.51*
3. Meichi Narasaki JPN: #2 in B & #11 in L WC: PR 8.00
4. Kai Harada JPN: #5 in B and #18 in L: PR 8.08
5. Filip Schenk ITA: #22 in Lead: PR 9.65
6. Kai Ligthner USA: PR 8.03
7. Carlos Granja: PR 6.53
8. Keita Dohi JPN: PR 8.10
1. Ashima Shiraishi USA: #5 in Lead: PR 11.98
2. Claire Buhrfeind USA: #16 in Lead: PR 9.17
3. Elena Krasovskaia RUS: #33 in Boulder: PR 9.19
4. Margo Hayes USA: #6 in L and #6 in B: PR 13.29
5. Brooke Raboutou USA #10 in L and #9 in B: PR 11.00
6. Laura Rogara ITA: #6 in Lead: PR 13.34
7. Laura Stรถckler AUT: #21 in Lead: PR 10.52
8. Iuliia Panteleva RUS: PR 9.82
* It should be noted that Sam Avezou is the best Speed climber in the world out of the ones performing on a world class level in at least two disciplines. Sean McColl who has won many senior Combined titles has a personal record of 8.83 seconds.
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