What happens to the sports climbing Olympics? The player waiting for a ruling ... December 3, 19:15
According to the interviews of Yoshii Fujii, who won first place in the men ’s Olympic qualifying for sports climbing, and Futaba Ito, who ranked first in women ’s rankings, the right to participate was decided by the international competition organization while entering the ranks eligible for Olympic participation. He talked about the situation that was not given, "I just wait for a good result", and revealed the feeling of waiting for the result of the CAS = Sports Arbitration Court, which is being sued by Japanese competition groups.
The Olympic qualifying for sports climbing will be held in France until 1st, with Men's Fujii 1st, Amagasaki Akechi 3rd, Women's Ito 1st, Mori Aki Mori 5th and 4 people Entered the 6th place eligible for the Tokyo Olympics.
However, the International Sports Climbing Federation has given the right to participate in the Olympics to four of the tournament, assuming that both men and women meet the “2” of the maximum number of Olympics as a result of the World Championship held in August. The Japan Mountain and Sports Climbing Association has filed a lawsuit with CAS seeking to cancel the interpretation of the League of Nations.
Japanese players who finished the Olympic qualifiers responded to news reports at Haneda Airport on the 3rd.
27-year-old Fujii said, “If I didn't get the right to participate in the Olympics, winning the tournament was a big food for me. I want to carefully plan the training for the next season. "
In addition, 17-year-old Ito said, “It was hard to practice when I didn't know if I could participate in the Olympic qualifiers. But actually winning and winning led me to be confident. I just wait for good results, ”he said positively.
According to the officials, the CAS ruling is expected to come out within the year at the earliest.