The final round of this season was held in Austria on the 23rd of the World Cup for sports climbing and bouldering, and Yoshiyuki Ogata was third in the men's race.
Ogata, who made it to the podium in five of the six races this season, won the overall victory for the second consecutive year.
Bouldering in sport climbing is an event in which you compete for how many courses you have climbed within the time limit, which is called a "task".
The final round of the World Cup this season was held on the 23rd in Innsbruck, Austria, where the men's final was held, and two Japanese players, Ogata and Kokoro Fujii, participated.
Ogata climbed the first task in one go, and climbed the third task to the end while struggling.
I couldn't finish the final 4th task, but I finished 3rd and went up to the podium for the first time in 2 tournaments.
Fujii also completed the two tasks to the end, but was fifth due to the difference in the number of people who reached a certain altitude called "zone".
The winner was Colin Duffy of the United States, who only completed three challenges.
On the other hand, her * Narasaki Tomoa, a Japanese male ace, finished 7th in the semi-finals and could not advance to the final where the top 6 players competed.
This is the end of all the games of the season at the Bouldering World Cup, and Ogata, who was on the podium in 5 out of 6 games, won the overall championship for the second consecutive year.
His * Narasaki was in 2nd place and Fujii was in 3rd place, and the Japanese dominated the top.
Ogata "I didn't expect it to work so well."
Yoshiyuki Ogata, who won the World Cup for sports climbing and bouldering for the second consecutive year, said, "I didn't think it would work so well. As usual, I had a peak in the first race, and after that. I tried it in a style that rides on the flow, but it was a good hit. "
This season's World Cup for sport climbing will begin on the 25th with a lead competition for climbing heights.
Ogata, who is scheduled to participate in this tournament, said, "Since switching will be sudden, I will not know how much I can handle, but I hope I can demonstrate what I have prepared well." Was there.
Fujii "It's a season where you can find a lot of issues"
Kokoro Fujii, who finished 3rd in the World Cup for sports climbing and bouldering, said, "I was happy that I was able to win the championship for the first time in a long time and I was able to reach the podium in 3rd place. However, I regret having lost in the semi-finals twice, and I feel that it is a matter of my physical strength to advance to the finals and lose the semi-finals alternately for each race. It's a season where you can find a lot of things, "he recalled.
Also, for the World Cup of Reed this season starting on the 25th, "Because the bouldering season has continued for a long time, the training of Reed is honestly not satisfactory, but first advance to the final, then the podium. I want to do my best so that I can go up to the top. "
Narasaki "I'm sorry I couldn't recover"
Tomoa Narasaki, who finished second in the World Cup for sports climbing and bouldering, said, "I was able to fight with a very good flow in the first half, but I got a little sick from the third round and I can recover from there at the end. I'm disappointed that I didn't have it, "he recalled.
Regarding the fact that the Japanese dominated the top of the annual results, he said, "It is very exciting to have such strong rivals in Japan, and I want to continue to stimulate each other and become stronger with these three people."