The World Cup for Sport Climbing and Speed was held in South Korea, and all Japanese men and women were eliminated in qualifying.
It has been decided that speed will be held as a single event at the Paris Olympics two years later, which has left a challenge for the Japanese.
Sport climbing speed is an event that competes for the speed of climbing a wall 15 meters high.
At the Tokyo Olympics, it was held as one of the "composites" in which the overall results of the third event were contested, but at the Paris Olympics two years later, it will be held as a single event.
The World Cup of Speed, which will be the first time this season, will be held in Seoul, South Korea on the 6th. I lost in the qualifying without advancing to the final tournament where the top 16 players compete.
In addition to the small number of speed athletes in Japan, the male ace Tomoa Narasaki is devoting himself to the combination of bouldering and lead for the Paris Olympics, indicating that he will not participate in speed.
At the domestic tournament held in Tottori Prefecture on the 4th, 18-year-old Jun Yasukawa set a new Japanese record of 5.69 seconds, but the time of the Indonesian male player who won the first place in the qualifying at this World Cup. Was 5 seconds 17 to break the world record.
For the Japanese, the difference from the world's top is highlighted, and strengthening for the Paris Olympics two years from now is an issue.