Although the final of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest is still to come, many athletes already have certainty and are just waiting for the official confirmation of their Olympic tickets. You can find out who has secured the last starting places for Paris 2024 here.
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Shortly after the semi-final of the second Olympic Qualifier Events in Budapest The DAV spread the good news: «Lucia Doerffel, Yannick Flohe and Alexander Megos. have successfully qualified for the Olympic Games today." Thanks to the points distribution, numerous other athletes also have the certainty of being able to compete in the Olympic Games in Paris even before the final on Sunday.
Things couldn't have gone much better for the team: the three places are really the best we could have hoped for, that's brilliant.
Yannick Flohe
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Women’s Boulder&Lead: All starting places for the Olympics awarded
In the women's Boulder & Lead discipline, all Olympic participants have already been seeded, ahead of today's final in Budapest. The following athletes have an unassailable points lead due to their placings at the two qualifier events in Shanghai and Budapest and are only waiting for official confirmation:
- Brooke RABOUTOU (USA)
- SEO Chaehyun (KOR)
- Erin MCNEICE (GBR)
- NONAKA Miho (JPN)
- Ievgeniia KAZBEKOVA (UKR)
- LUO Zhilu (CHN)
- Mia KRAMPL (SLO)
- Laura ROGORA (ITA)
- Lucia DORFFEL (GER)
- Zelia AVEZOU (FRA)
- Camilla MORONI (ITA)
- Molly THOMPSON-SMITH (GBR)
Of the 20 semi-finalists, eight will compete in today's final. Brooke Raboutou achieved the best result in yesterday's round. The American showed her strength in the semi-final and won with a clear lead over second-placed Korean Chaehyun Seo.
I'm so happy! A dream came true for me today.
Lucia Doerffel
Japan's Miho Nonaka took third place with 129,6 points. Zhilu Lou showed a strong bouldering round and qualified for the final in fourth place. Britain's Erin McNeice continued her strong form from the first qualification event and moved into the final round in fifth place. The other finalists in Budapest are Laura Rogora, Mia Krampl and Ievgeniia Kazbekova.
Video: Livestream Final Boulder & Lead Women
10 men with unassailable starting positions
The starting position for the men in the Boulder & Lead discipline is similar to that for the women. 10 athletes already have a point lead before the final that cannot be caught up. The following athletes are therefore only waiting for official confirmation of their Olympic starting places:
- Alberto GINES-LOPEZ (ESP)
- LEE Dohyun (KOR)
- Hannes VAN DUSYEN (BEL)
- Adam ONDRA (CZE)
- Hamish MCARTHUR (GBR)
- Sascha LEHMANN (SUI)
- Luka POTOCAR (SLO)
- PAN Yufei (CHN)
- Yannick FLOHE (GER)
- Alexander MEGOS (GER)
- Paul JENFT (FRA)
- Sam AVEZOU (FRA)
In the Boulder & Lead final in Budapest, Alberto Ginés López is the one to beat. With 157,2 points, he reached the final round as the best. OQS Shanghai winner Dohyun Lee is in second place. Hannes Van Duysen continued his form from the qualification in the semi-finals and came third with 144,6 points.
With Yannick Flohé in fourth place and Alex Megos in seventh place, two German climbers are represented in the final. France is also represented in the final with two athletes: Sam Avezou (4) and Mejdi Schalck (7). The last and eighth participant in the final is Adam Ondra.
For me, it feels even more amazing to qualify than it did for Tokyo. Qualification for Tokyo was very quick and then there were still two years until the Games. It's just a completely different story this time.
Alex Megos
Video: Livestream Final Boulder & Lead Men
Speed: These athletes are travelling to Paris
After yesterday's finals in the speed discipline, it can already be said with certainty who won the last starting places for the Olympic Games in Paris:
- Aleksandra KALUCKA (POL)
- ZHOU Yafei (CHN)
- Rajiah SALLSABILLAH (INA)
- Capucine VIGLIONE (FRA)
- Manon LEBON (FRA)
- Leslie Adriana ROMERO PEREZ (ESP)
- Beatrice COLLI (ITA)
- WU Peng (CHN)
- Amir MAIMURATOV (KAZ)
- Veddriq LEONARDO (INA)
- Zachary HAMMER (USA)
- Reza ALIPOUR SHENAZANDIFORD (IRI)
- Yaroslav TKACH (UKR)
- SHIN Euncheol (KOR)
Video: Livestream Finals Speed
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