![]() 'The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) welcomes the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which has dismissed in their entirety both appeals filed by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA) against the IFSC Qualification System application. The JMSCA had put forward four athletes to the Japanese Olympic Committee, who had confirmed their - unchangeable - quota places, while still claiming to be able to decide their second spots closer to the Games internally. 'Japan claimed both of their two men and women athlete places at the same time, immediately after the World Championships in Hachioji.' ![]() When asked about their inclusion in the list - which until this point had been unconfirmed and by and large not expected by the online community - the IFSC told UKC: However, in the list of confirmed Olympic-qualified athletes, published on 4th November 2019 on the IFSC website, both Nonaka and Harada are named. In-keeping with the JMSCA's announcement that only one Japanese athlete per sex would be chosen from Hachioji, it was widely reported online that the JMSCA were delaying immediate selection of Miho Nonaka and Kai Harada - the next highest-ranking Japanese athletes in Hachioji - and instead forcing them to compete for the second confirmed Japanese Olympic quota place in a national selection event this year, alongside any eligible athletes with quota places from Toulouse and the (now cancelled) Asian Championships. Regardless of any advice you may receive while using this forum, it is your personal responsibility to make sure that you are fully trained to handle the great deal of risk involved in climbing and related activities.Although the finer details of the lawsuit have not been made public, it appears that the IFSC's Host Place rule was not considered to be sufficiently explicit and was ultimately misinterpreted by the JMSCA, leading to plans for a Japanese athlete 'pool' framework on the basis of a 'guaranteed' spot open to their choice following a separate, domestic competition for any number of Japanese athletes who attain an Olympic qualifying position (read our UKC article for an in-depth explanation of the qualification pathway, the Host Place rule and the JMSCA's argument).įollowing the IFSC Combined World Championships in Hachioji in August 2019, four Japanese athletes per sex reached Olympic qualifying placings, but due to the country quota of two, only the two highest-ranked athletes could qualify according to IOC rules.Īkiyo Noguchi (JPN) and Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) were reported as being the JMSCA's first quota place selections, based on their top-ranking performances in the Combined final (2nd and 1st in the event respectively) within the Japanese team. Please understand that rock climbing is an extremely dangerous activity. ![]() Poor quality/low quality submissions may be removed at moderator's discretion. ![]() ![]() Do not attempt to ask questions by posting an image and asking in the title. Please remember to treat others as you would like to be treated, and remember you are talking to another person.Īsk questions in the stickied threads. ![]()
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