The fourth round of the World Cup in sport climbing and Boulder was held in the Czech Republic, and men's Yoshiyuki Ogata, who has won the overall World Cup title for the second consecutive year, advanced to the final for the first time this season and finished fourth in the top Japan.
Sport climbing boulder is an event in which participants compete to see how many people have climbed a course within a time limit called "assignment," and the fourth round of the World Cup season was held in Prague, Czech Republic on 4 September.
In Japan, Ogata, who won the overall championship in this event for two consecutive years until last year, advanced to the final, where only one or six people competed.
Ogata succeeded in completing the first task on the third try, and in the second task, he used his power to complete the climb on the first try.
In the third challenge, he struggled with the gently sloping "slab" wall, which he was not good at, and missed the climb, but in the fourth and final task, he again succeeded in completing the climb with one blow, climbing three of the four tasks to the end and finishing in fourth place in the top of the Japan.
Ogata had his best result in this season's World Cup so far with a 3th place in the second match held in Korea Republic, but he has regained his strength and improved his form.
Ogata said, "I was worried because I wasn't good at slabs, but I felt that I had improved through practice, so I was able to work positively.
The fourth leg of the World Cup in Boulder will feature the women's final on the 2th.