this video is awesome, exactly the details i was interested in. i will be watching the rest of the series. i was looking for something a bit more in depth than the nbc highlight garbage that youtube wants to feed me lol
Boulders being too difficult was an issue in the Olympic qualifiers that were held recently. The route setting needs to change because as a spectator it's no fun to watch 6 total tops in 80 attempts. This is the first exposure a lot of people will have to watching sport climbing and all they are going to see is a bunch of people falling.
And if everyone tops everything, where is the point? You could only measure the amount of tries, which would be misleading, bc it would be too easy for everyone and we dont know who is better, if its not on the edge of their potential.
Honestly I really liked that the cruxes were between the high-zone and top. The scoring feels really fair. The boulders could have been a bit less difficult but since it was fair, it didnt matter to me. I dont like, when the top is "free" after climbing to the high zone as it punishes really hard the climbers who manage to only climb to the low-zone.
in my opinion it was too difficult and absolutely no fun to watch. the womens semi today were so much more fun to watch. also I dont think its fair if its that difficult, bc the the athletes are just way to close to each other, that means one top is valued extremely. quite likely that the top 10 in lead will be maybe 10points away from each other, which makes one boulder top ridiculous important. just can repeat myself, I think the semi women finals showed how it should have been. also from the athletes perspective its just extremely brutal. imagine you are for example lopez or megos two of the most successful athletes of the game, training since two years for it and then one goes out with maybe one high zone? thats so brutal on ones self confidence.
@@itsmyboardwhotalkdid you watch any of the other sports? Missing a top 3 by the SLIGHTEST small margin is the definition of competition. Imagine if everyone got top on 3 or 4 boulders, and the only distinction was speed or if you flashed... Luck in other words
@@growtocycle6992 many of the climbers would not be able to get as far as lopez, ondra, roberts and sorato. one who constantly does that is alex, who is second atm in the lead ranking world wide and with ondra probably the biggest legend in it. therefore my argumentation and Im not alone with that every big climbing magazine wrote tomoas and alexs slips were by far the most disappointing and Im not sure if you are aware but there is a big discussion about the setting, bc it was just not a good route and loosing bc of slipping is for everybody involved, fans, viewers, athletes, setter just unsatisfying, thats why the setting should try to avoid that.
The top8 is completely open so far, there is a very small gap from 8th to 11th so lead will be for sure deciding but again, Sorato and the rest of the top6 are pretty much safe if they manage to do 65% of the lead wall which imo isnt fair for lead specialists like Megos. Nonetheless I think Sorato is proving why he is n1 right now. Jakob had the greatest climbing year in 2023 but in 2024 he wasnt as good as 2023 so I think we will witness Sorato winning gold and probably Tomoa and Jakob top2 and top3. I can definetely see Adam pushing for top3 but not higher, which I really hope I am wrong because rooting hard for him!
Looking at the footage, it seemed that Toby Roberts thought he had to match the blue hold (at 02:03). What a shame as that extra 15 points would have really helped. In fact, would he have been first?
Yeah, it's tricky using that footage... This was the only way TH-cam would let me. I guess this way it's clear I'm not just reuploading someone else's stream. I wish they would just offer licensing options to small creators because I believe that's where the most passionate audience goes for their insights.
Hi! It kinda depends on where you are, but I'm watching on HBO Max. Olympics is pay to watch I'm afraid unless your national sports news decides to broadcast a sport.
@@walrusclimbing I’m in the UK and can’t find any of the climbing on the BBC iPlayer. It’s odd because we have some great climbers and it’s a really popular sport.
in my opinion it was really almost no fun to watch (the cameraman also did a horrible job, sadly). also I think it would be better to separate boulder from lead as single events and I dont know make a combined over all rating based on the rangs and not on the points, bc it just doesnt transfer well.
I think it's the live director who choses what angle to cut to and I agree there's a lot of frustrating choices. Cutting away from climbers as they are about to make a move, cutting away from boulders of consequence to moves that everyone makes consistently... I was also disappointed with the lack of splitscreen use. At the end of the stream, one splitscreen was used, so they definitely have the tech.
Yes, the top 8 highest combined scores out of 200 (100 possible for boulder semi and 100 possible for lead semi) will go to the finals, where they climb boulder and lead again for the podium.
Lee is the Family name, and Dohyun is the given name. In Asian cultures, the family name goes before the given name, so he would be called Lee Dohyun in Korea.
@@walrusclimbingkinda messed up that you didn’t just illegally stream the entire event and remain mute while occasionally pointing at the climber on the screen 😡 You can’t please everybody I suppose 😭
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you need to be an announcer because you put respect on the climber's names by pronouncing them all so well
Thanks Juliana! I try! The hardest part is the Chinese names right now!
@@walrusclimbingas a Chinese, I confirm that you pronounced their names perfectly 🎉
@@xichen7654 Ow that makes me so happy! Get ready for my attempts at Zhilo Lou, Yuetong Zhang and Wu Peng in today's vid...
Thanks a lot for the recap and the footage!
Thanks for the recap!
Dude your prononciation for every name is so good
Thanks Merlijn!!
Jakob Schubert is not pronounced like he did.
@@procerator cool story bro, you do it now
excellent recap!
Glad you enjoyed it, Fabian!
Great work; thanks for the recap!
Thanks Dane!
Great summary, perfectly delivered, good pace. A 10! Thanks and keep them coming :)))
Thank you!
I’m thrilled I found your channel :) I’m new to climbing so your commentary is really helpful
Thanks for your comment! It's a new thing I tried for the Olympics so I'm happy it's adding something to people's enjoyment of the sport :)
this video is awesome, exactly the details i was interested in. i will be watching the rest of the series. i was looking for something a bit more in depth than the nbc highlight garbage that youtube wants to feed me lol
Thanks man!
Boulders being too difficult was an issue in the Olympic qualifiers that were held recently. The route setting needs to change because as a spectator it's no fun to watch 6 total tops in 80 attempts. This is the first exposure a lot of people will have to watching sport climbing and all they are going to see is a bunch of people falling.
And if everyone tops everything, where is the point? You could only measure the amount of tries, which would be misleading, bc it would be too easy for everyone and we dont know who is better, if its not on the edge of their potential.
I couldn't watch the whole thing on Television.....And was looking for recaps and yours is the best....Thanks
Thank you!
That is how you do a sport commentary. Thank you.
Wow thanks a lot for this amazing recap! Keep up the good work ❤️🔥
Thank you Lizzy from Barcelona ❤️
The BBC could learn a thing or two about sports coverage, right here!
You flatter me! Thanks!
Thanks a lot mate!
Cheers!
Amazing recap!
Thank you!!
So much better than the UKC recap because you actually have footage!
Appreciate it. Haven't seen theirs since I've been too busy making this one 😇
Great recap! Well done to our Belgian pride Hannes too!
Honestly I really liked that the cruxes were between the high-zone and top. The scoring feels really fair. The boulders could have been a bit less difficult but since it was fair, it didnt matter to me. I dont like, when the top is "free" after climbing to the high zone as it punishes really hard the climbers who manage to only climb to the low-zone.
I agree. I think the seperation between those with tops and those without will consequently make for a nail-biter of a lead semi-final!
in my opinion it was too difficult and absolutely no fun to watch. the womens semi today were so much more fun to watch.
also I dont think its fair if its that difficult, bc the the athletes are just way to close to each other, that means one top is valued extremely. quite likely that the top 10 in lead will be maybe 10points away from each other, which makes one boulder top ridiculous important.
just can repeat myself, I think the semi women finals showed how it should have been.
also from the athletes perspective its just extremely brutal. imagine you are for example lopez or megos two of the most successful athletes of the game, training since two years for it and then one goes out with maybe one high zone? thats so brutal on ones self confidence.
@@itsmyboardwhotalk Yeah, I guess it's just really hard to set the difficulty right?
@@itsmyboardwhotalkdid you watch any of the other sports?
Missing a top 3 by the SLIGHTEST small margin is the definition of competition.
Imagine if everyone got top on 3 or 4 boulders, and the only distinction was speed or if you flashed... Luck in other words
@@growtocycle6992 many of the climbers would not be able to get as far as lopez, ondra, roberts and sorato. one who constantly does that is alex, who is second atm in the lead ranking world wide and with ondra probably the biggest legend in it. therefore my argumentation and Im not alone with that every big climbing magazine wrote tomoas and alexs slips were by far the most disappointing and Im not sure if you are aware but there is a big discussion about the setting, bc it was just not a good route and loosing bc of slipping is for everybody involved, fans, viewers, athletes, setter just unsatisfying, thats why the setting should try to avoid that.
Awesome video, looking forward to the next one!
The top8 is completely open so far, there is a very small gap from 8th to 11th so lead will be for sure deciding but again, Sorato and the rest of the top6 are pretty much safe if they manage to do 65% of the lead wall which imo isnt fair for lead specialists like Megos. Nonetheless I think Sorato is proving why he is n1 right now. Jakob had the greatest climbing year in 2023 but in 2024 he wasnt as good as 2023 so I think we will witness Sorato winning gold and probably Tomoa and Jakob top2 and top3. I can definetely see Adam pushing for top3 but not higher, which I really hope I am wrong because rooting hard for him!
having kid is huge debuff
Great job man!
Thank you!
I don't know how you can stay motivated to practice speed climbing, always the same route 🕵🏻♂️
100K 🥹❤ congrats!!!
Thank uuu xx
Looking at the footage, it seemed that Toby Roberts thought he had to match the blue hold (at 02:03). What a shame as that extra 15 points would have really helped. In fact, would he have been first?
I do think that's what happened! It would have put him in first by 0.1 points I think!
Thanks mate, goodonya
Great recap, thank you! Is there a YT restriction on the use of the footage? Would love to see more size and/or time of footage!
Yeah, it's tricky using that footage... This was the only way TH-cam would let me. I guess this way it's clear I'm not just reuploading someone else's stream. I wish they would just offer licensing options to small creators because I believe that's where the most passionate audience goes for their insights.
@@walrusclimbing it's a shame, thanks for doing the best you can with it!
@@crunchysaviour You're welcome! Taking a different approach with today's recap to reduce the struggle! Stay tuned :))
Nice analysis! :))
Thank you!
Why is the sport climbing semi-final not being broadcasted anywhere? I haven't been able to find it and watch it since yesterday.
Hi! It kinda depends on where you are, but I'm watching on HBO Max. Olympics is pay to watch I'm afraid unless your national sports news decides to broadcast a sport.
@@walrusclimbing I’m in the UK and can’t find any of the climbing on the BBC iPlayer. It’s odd because we have some great climbers and it’s a really popular sport.
Thank you! It is weird because at the womens boulder semi final a lot was topped (ofc by Janja).. it also looked less difficult
You're welcome! More tops for the women indeed, but still a nice spread in the ranking, which is the goal for routesetters :)
@@walrusclimbing true!
No way they took down your 2nd day recap 😢
Yes way but it's coming back soon! 🥰
Are the mens and womens semi final bouldering problems different? The men seem to be toping far less than the women.
Yes, they each get their own set of boulders!
You prounounce the indonesian athlete names really good!!!
Terimah kasih! 😇 I have to credit my gf
Thanks for trying to do coverage, getting nothing here in the UK
Where can I watch the whole competition?
I watch on HBO Max!
@@walrusclimbing I was looking for something free. Isn't there any tv broadcast?
@@AfroDan9000 Depends on where you live! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2024_Summer_Olympics_broadcasters
what happened to all the videos?
The footage got copyright claimed by IOC. Will re-upload with just still images after the weekend :)
what happened to the other videos?
The footage got copyright claimed by IOC. Will re-upload with just still images after the weekend :)
@@walrusclimbing and that's why we can't have anything nice.
Too bad, was looking forward to todays video.
@@TheSorrowedMan Oh, there'll be a video for sure, but will find ways to illustrate it without footage.
@@walrusclimbing looking forward to it!
in my opinion it was really almost no fun to watch (the cameraman also did a horrible job, sadly). also I think it would be better to separate boulder from lead as single events and I dont know make a combined over all rating based on the rangs and not on the points, bc it just doesnt transfer well.
I think it's the live director who choses what angle to cut to and I agree there's a lot of frustrating choices. Cutting away from climbers as they are about to make a move, cutting away from boulders of consequence to moves that everyone makes consistently... I was also disappointed with the lack of splitscreen use. At the end of the stream, one splitscreen was used, so they definitely have the tech.
Top 8 move on? Everyone else doesn’t make it to the final?
yup
Yes, the top 8 highest combined scores out of 200 (100 possible for boulder semi and 100 possible for lead semi) will go to the finals, where they climb boulder and lead again for the podium.
@@walrusclimbing thanks! I subbed can’t wait for the next one
Is it Dohyun Lee or Lee Dohyun?
Lee is the Family name, and Dohyun is the given name. In Asian cultures, the family name goes before the given name, so he would be called Lee Dohyun in Korea.
This :)
@@jeremysun7816 thx
Whats with climbers having long ass necks
Speed is so boring and nonsense.... I guess still better than 100m running ...
How long do you train to pronounce all names correctly?😂
For the asian names I have my gf to help me and for the other ones it helps that here in Belgium we're surrounded by so many languages 😂
Snooze fest on the mens sports settling. Way too difficult and does nothing for exposure or showcasing the sport.
I think it's the opposite... Climbing should favor expertise and technique over speed and brute force.
You talk so much
That's the whole idea 😂
@@walrusclimbingkinda messed up that you didn’t just illegally stream the entire event and remain mute while occasionally pointing at the climber on the screen 😡
You can’t please everybody I suppose 😭