The Spaniard Alberto Ginés has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the climbing mode, which premieres at the Japanese event, after accessing the final of the Pre-Olympic Championship being held in Toulouse (France) with the third best record .
Ginés, runner-up in Europe of difficulty, has won the ticket for the Games after entering the final as the third best climber. The Cacereño, at 17, won one of the six places at stake thanks to the combination of both disciplines.
The young Extremaduran was eleventh in block and speed, but greatly improved in difficulty, where he placed second. In this way, Ginés will be in Tokyo 2020 and will be the first Spanish climber to play an Olympic Games.
Ginés, who won the silver medal in the specialty World Cup, was only surpassed this Thursday by the Czech climber Adam Ondra , first classified, and by the Chinese YuFei Pan , second in the Pre-Olympic held in French lands.
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