Sports Bulletin Report
Jakarta (Indonesia):-Top 16 men and women moved into the final round of the IFSC World Cup Speed Qualification fixtures while 72 men and 47 women competed in the discipline on Saturday in Jakarta, Indonesia. Finals will be held on Sunday.
Both world record holders went through, Aleksandra Miroslaw (POL) qualifies in first place with 6.36, Veddriq Leonardo (INA) qualifies second with 5.09. Indonesian teammate and former world record holder Kiromal Katibin qualified top in the men with 6.03. Six Indonesian men reached in finals.
Medallists from last week’s IFSC World Cup Seoul, Wang Xinshang and Long Jinbao both qualified, five Chinese athletes included in total to move finals. Jun Yasukawa set new Japanese men’s record of 5.22 to qualify in eighth position. 5.35 needed to qualify from men's category - Yaroslav Tkach (UKR) through with this time in 16th position
Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi took second position in the women’s competition with 6.65, one of four Indonesians to make it through. Poland and China also have four representatives in tomorrow’s women’s finals. 7.42 needed to qualify from women's category - Yafei Zhou (CHN) through with this time in 16th position.
Kiromal Katibin said:
"I feel very happy with my time. A 5.03 is a good time and it gets me into the finals so I’m really happy about that, and I think I can go even quicker tomorrow as well.”
Emma Hunt said:
"I didn’t climb the way I really wanted to, but that’s ok, I know I will climb better tomorrow when it counts. It was hot today, and again, it’s something I will be ready for tomorrow.
"I’m not sure if the heat was the reason I didn’t climb that well today, I don’t think it was, but it could be a factor."
