Morning Reading｜First day of Olympic qualifying series in Shanghai: Olympic champion unexpectedly eliminated

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First day of Olympic qualifying series in Shanghai: Olympic champion is upset

※The Shanghai Station of the Olympic Qualification Series starts on the 16th at Huangpu Binjiang. In the preliminaries of skateboarding and rock climbing on the first day, many Olympic champions encountered challenges. Among them, the Tokyo Olympics men's street skateboarding champion and Japan's Yuto Horiyoshi was unexpectedly eliminated.

The top 16 skateboarding preliminaries will advance to the semi-finals. In the men's street style preliminaries, Yuto Horimi completed the route completely in the first round, and his score of 81.88 points was not lacking in competitiveness. However, in the second round, many players, including World Championship runner-up Kairyu Netsuki, scored high scores of more than 85 points. However, Yuuto Horiyoshi made consecutive mistakes in the second round, and his ranking dropped to 17th at the end. Unexpectedly Out.

After the game, Yuto Horiyoshi was not very frustrated. He said: "The landing of the first line was completed, but I just didn't get the required points." As the defending Olympic champion, he said he did not feel great pressure. "I still have to continue training and enjoy skating with my friends. I believe I will still be able to compete in the next competition."

In the women's bowl competition, Tokyo Olympic champion Sakura Shijuzumi ranked eighth, and her compatriot Kaixinna ranked first. Chinese skaters failed to qualify for the next round in both preliminaries of skateboarding.

On the day of rock climbing, the preliminaries of the biathlon rock climbing competition were held. The scores from the bouldering competition and the scores from the difficulty competition to be held on the 17th are added together to get each person’s total score in the preliminaries. The top 20 players with total points advance to the semi-finals.

The Tokyo Olympics men's all-around champion and Spanish player Lopez made his appearance in Shanghai this time. He had previously missed the opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympics in the World Championships and European Qualifying Tournaments. After the game that day, he ranked third. He bluntly said that he felt strong competitive pressure in the Paris cycle: "I know that I am the champion in Tokyo, but the goal now is to qualify first. It is difficult to win again. Paris will It’s going to be a very competitive game.”

Chinese players Pan Yufei and Luo Zhilu ranked 15th in the men's and fifth in the women's preliminaries respectively. Luo Zhilu failed to reach the top on the first line, but completed the last three lines neatly. She said she had bought herself a mascot for the Paris Olympics and believed she could advance to Paris.

Korean player Lee Do-hyun and Ukrainian player Kazbekova ranked first in the men's and women's bouldering preliminaries respectively.

The Olympic Qualification Series is a brand-new event in the Paris Olympic cycle. Athletes in the four events of freestyle BMX, skateboarding, break dancing, and rock climbing will compete for Olympic tickets in two competitions in Shanghai and Budapest.

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