In the Adidas Rockstars super final, where Janja Garnbret and Futaba Ito climbed on two identical boulders, Ito fell midways but jumped up directly. Garnbret was caught in the middle and could not find the sequence and soon the 17 year old Japanese got to her height and just kept going without hesitating. As Ito hit the buzzer, Garnbret was still hanging in the same position. Third was Ai Mori, only 15 years old. Among the male, nor Yoshiyuki Ogata or Florian Klingler could not finish the superfinal boulder during the four minutes although both come very close. Then they made the finish a little bit easier but Ogata opted for his original sequence and topped. Jongwon Chon got the bronze. The winners got a check of Euro 5 000 both. Ogata said directly after his victory, "This comp is the most enjoyable competition in the world." (c) Vladek Zumr

In one of the hardest female semi rounds ever, Shauna Coxsey was #5 by just doing one Top and one Zone. Luckily, Janja Garnbret and three Japanese saved the show. Oriane Bertone, 14 years old, was #8 by doing one Top which only was done by Garnbret and Miho Nonaka. Nine girls did not get one zone! Also among the male, one Top was good enough to make it to the final. Florian Klingler won being the only one with two tops and four zones. Nine male did not score a Top. Semi results (c) Vladek Zumr

The last event to qualify for Tokyo is the five Continental Combined Championships which will take place in spring 2020. No info of how they will be set up in regards format etc is available yet. However, as most of them are scheduled to last just 2 - 4 days, one might speculate that first the three disciplines will be run in qualification mode getting the Top-8, who then will run a final during one day. In other words, the flash or semi? results in Lead will be multiplied with the qualification results in Speed and Boulder to get the Top-8. In regards the European and the Asian Championship, it just might be that very few of the best will take part as they already have qualified or that their country quota has been filled. Furthermore, most probably, these events will be held in the same period as the Boulder World Cup will run in 2020. Being a bit conspiratorial, the Continental Championship might be the best possibility for Russia to get a ticket to Tokyo, by sending the biggest team possible to Moscow and then run the results by the calculator? It should also be mentioned that this is the only possibility for Chaehyon Seo to qualify as she has not done any Boulder World Cups, so she can qualify to Toulouse, and that she did not make it in Hachioji.

As no athletes from micro Olympic nations took part in the Combined WCH, there will be no Tripartite selection. This means that the selection will be reallocated to the next best in Hachioji, not yet qualified, respecting the max country quota. At the moment, it means that Yannick Flohé and Anouck Jaubert have a provisional ticket to Tokyo. However, if Jan Hojer respectively Fanny Gibert and Julia Chanouride qualify in Toulouse or at the European Championship, Flohé and Jaubert are kicked out due to the max country quota. This would mean the reallocation of the tripartite selection will go to Nathaniel Coleman from USA and Julia Chanouride. This is also the case of Flohé and Jaubert qualify in Toulouse or at the Euro CH. In practice, it could be that France have gotten their max quota and then Chanouride is out and the tripartite reallocation will go to Mia Krampl. However, as Krampl could have qualified or that Slovenia has reached their max country quota, then Di Niu from China would go to Tokyo. Out of all possibly scenarios, here are the probabilities for the top ranked getting the the Tripartite reallocation; Di Niu 33 % - Nathaniel Coleman 67 % Anouck Jaubert 32 % - Yannick Flohé 30 % Mia Krampl 30 % - Others 3 % Others 5 % In theory at least five more male and female could get the tripartie reallocation if all the above qualifies or their nation have reached the max country quota. Here are the overall probabilities that the mentioned athletes will make it to Tokyo; 80 % Nathaniel Coleman & Anouck Jaubert 67 % Mia Krampl & Yannick Flohé (meaning 33 % for Jan Hojer) 40 % Di Niu

Alex Honnold, who previously has done three 8c+', has done his first 9a, Arrested Development in Mount Charleston. More info to come. In 2017, Alex free soled the 950 m Freerider and the film of it won an the Oscar Documentory award this spring. Then we contacted Alex asking for an interview. "I’m happy to do some kind of interview for 8a at some point, though we should wait a few months for all the crazy movie travel to be over. I’m hoping to be the first (and maybe only) climber to send 9a and go to the Oscars in the same year. If I ever manage to climb that hard you should do a proper 8a interview."

Linda Sjödin has done New Base Line in Magic Wood. The Swede's previous personal best was 8A. Eric Karlsson's video perfectly captures her almost shocking journey to be the 11th woman to reach 8B+. The last two years she has done seven World Cups with #51 as her best.

Giuliano Cameroni has done his third 8C in just ten days, Finnish Line in Rocklands and amazingly it took him just three sessions. (c) Lucas Gaona Cifuentes On his Insta he comments, "Absolutely perfect boulder, one of those dream lines that alone are worth traveling for! The ending was pretty epic, I got sweaty and couldn’t see the holds cause of the sun haha.. actually this might be my most memorable ascent so far! Had a perfect crew and lots of pads, thanks everyone for the support."