All times are in South Africa Standard Time.
August 3
Venue: Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men’s Combined Qualification – Speed 10:00 a.m.
Men’s Combined Qualification – Bouldering 11:00 a.m.
Men’s Combined Qualification – Lead 14:10 p.m.
August 4
Venue: Aomi Urban Sports Park
Women’s Combined Qualification – Speed 10:00 a.m.
Women’s Combined Qualification – Bouldering 11:00 a.m.
Women’s Combined Qualification – Lead 14:10 p.m.
August 5
Venue: Aomi Urban Sports Park
Men’s Combined Final – Speed 10:30 a.m.
Men’s Combined Final – Bouldering 11:30 a.m.
Men’s Combined Final – Lead 14:10 p.m. (Gold Medal Event)
Men’s Combined Victory Ceremony
August 6
Venue: Aomi Urban Sports Park
Women’s Combined Final – Speed 10:30 a.m.
Women’s Combined Final – Bouldering 11:30 a.m.
Women’s Combined Final – Lead 14:10 p.m. (Gold Medal Event)
Women’s Combined Victory Ceremony
Chris will be the first climber out in all 3 disciplines tomorrow.
He will run his first speed run in lane A at 10am SA time, with a guy called Jonwong Chong running in lane B. He will run his second run about 15 minutes later in lane B. His quickest time will count as his qualifier.
He will start bouldering at 11:00. He will have 5 (maybe 4 only) minutes to attempt the first boulder problem. Once the time is up he then gets 5 (or 4) minutes rest before he started the next problem. I think there are 3 Boulder problems to complete. There is a zone hold and a top on each Boulder. The fewer attempts to the zone and the top, the better.
At 14:10 Chris will start the lead climb. Although he has 6 minutes, he is likely to fall of or get to the top before time is up. The higher up the wall the better.
His position in each discipline will be multiplied together to give a final score. The climbers with the 8 lowest scores go to the finals.
So a 10th, a 5th and a 12th will give a score of 600 while a 2nd, a 1st and a 4th will give a score of 8.
Alex and producer John Burgman walk us through the upcoming competition, make their picks for the gold and explain why the world’s best climber is probably the underdog.
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