2023 Asian Qualifiers: Combined and Speed Climbing Results
The 2023 Asian Qualifiers were hosted in Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta, where the next round of Olympic qualification for speed and combined (lead & boulder) climbing took place. Over the course of four days, professional climbers across Asia took part in both events to compete for their chance to gain a golden ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Men’s and Women’s Speed
Women’s Speed Results for 2023 Asian Qualifiers Jakarta
China’s Lijuan Deng won her golden ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic games with a finish of 6.68; her best time of the evening. She quickly surpassed South Korea’s Jimin Jeong in the final round to secure the gold medal at this years Asian Qualifiers.
Jeong settled with the silver medal ahead of Indonesia’s Rajiah Sallsabillah who took home the bronze medal. Sallsabillah finished with a 6.73 finish against her fellow Indonesian speed climber Narda Mutia Amanda.
Men’s Speed Results for 2023 Asian Qualifiers Jakarta
The crowd cheered on their fellow Indonesian Rahmad Adi Mulyono as he took home his golden ticket to the Olympics. Mulyono made the fastest time of the evening of 4.99, breaking the 5 second barrier. He quickly surpassed his fellow teammate Indonesia’s Kiromal Katibin in the final round with another stunning time of 5.35 to secure a gold medal finish. Katibin finished with the silver medal after a disappointing fall in the final round against Mulyono.
Coming in third place was Japan’s Ryo Omasa with a 5.15 finish time against China’s Peng Wu who finished with a 6.23. As the first Japanese to reach the podium at a World Cup speed event when he received the bronze medal at the 2023 World Cup Villars competition, Omasa is quickly making a name for himself in the speed climbing world.
Men’s and Women’s Combined Lead/Boulder
Women’s Combined Results for 2023 Asian Qualifiers Jakarta
China’s Yuetong Zhang was overjoyed when she realized that she had secured the gold medal in the women’s combined (lead & boulder) event. Zhang narrowly pulled ahead of Japan’s Miho Nonaka with less than a 2 point lead over the Olympic silver medalist. A strong finish in the lead event gave her the edge she needed to take home the gold ticket to next years Olympic games.
Standing on the podium next to Zhang and Nonaka, was also another Japanese climber Futaba Ito with the bronze medal. Ito had finished off in the semi-finals in first place, but failed to achieve the level of success she had reached in the semi-finals to pull ahead of Zhang and Nonaka.
Men’s Combined Results for 2023 Asian Qualifiers Jakarta
Coming as no surprise to many spectators, Japan’s Sorato Anraku took home the gold medal in the men’s combined (lead & boulder) event. He finished off with a near perfect score of 199.7 after he topped the lead wall.
Joining Anraku on the podium were fellow climbers China’s Yufei Pan and South Korea’s Dohyun Lee. Pan placed second on the lead wall with a 96.1 finish that helped him to gain the silver medal and the edge he needed over Dohyun Lee to stay ahead.
Road to Paris
Although athletes have received golden tickets to the 2024 Games, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective NOC teams at the Olympic Games. Athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024. To learn more about the Road to Paris, check it out here.
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