Four tickets punched to Paris 2024 at IFSC Climbing World Champs as Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi and Matteo Zurloni win speed titles
Jinbao Long, Matteo Zurloni, Emma Hunt and Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi earned quota spots to the next Olympic Games with their performance.
Sport Climbing
Indonesia's Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi and Italy's Matteo Zurloni claimed the women's and men's speed world titles, respectively, Thursday (10 August 2023) at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland.
In the women's speed final, Made Rita Kusuma Dewi raced to a 6.49 for the gold medal, while American Emma Hunt, the 2022 World Games gold medallist, took 6.67 to claim the silver. Both earned quota spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, set for July 2024, based off their finish.
Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian in 2021, was the bronze medalist, defeating compatriot Aleksandra Kalucka 6.55 to 8.07 in the small final. Miroslaw is a two-time world champion and holds the women's speed world record.
Zurloni took gold after the People's Republic of China's Jinbao Long suffered a false start. Zurloni's time was 5.56. As with the women's gold and silver medal winners, both Zurloni and Jingbao qualified to Paris.
The bronze medallist was Indonesia's Rahmad Adi Mulyuno, who defeated Rishat Khaibullin in the small final.