A sport climbing speed competition was held in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, and Ryo Omasa won the men's event, once again breaking his own Japanese record.
Sports climbing speed is an event that competes for the speed of climbing a 15-meter wall, and Matsuyama University sophomore Omasa has broken the Japanese record for two consecutive World Cups from last month to this month.
Omasa participated in the tournament held in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture on the 30th, and marked 5 seconds 47 in the qualifying round, breaking his own Japanese record of 0 seconds 11.
In the final tournament where the top 16 players competed, it was raining and the humidity was high, and while many players slipped one after another, Omasa set a succession of good times and won the final, 5 seconds 42, which was even faster than the qualifying, and set a new Japan record. I won the record.
Omasa said, "I wanted to win the local tournament, and I also wanted to attack and set a time, so I'm really happy that I was able to achieve both. I'm still confident that I can do it, so I'll break the record at the next tournament. I want to aim for."