Sport climbing at OQS Budapest: Preview, schedule, and how to watch the action live
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Sport Climbing
The Olympic Qualifier Series 2024 (OQS) in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 June, is the final chance for 160 sport climbing athletes to secure an Olympic quota for Paris 2024.*
As a reminder, a total of 30 sport climbing quota spots can be obtained by athletes at OQS: 10 in each of the two Boulder & Lead events and five in each of the two Speed events.
Quotas will be obtained based on a points system. Climbers can earn a maximum of 100 points, with 50 points available to the winners in the first round in Shanghai last month, and another 50 in Budapest.
Therefore, for the athletes that performed well at the first OQS in the People's Republic of China, the job is only half done and they require another good showing to obtain their Olympic quota. While for others, there will be a chance to get back into the competition.
*As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective teams at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at Paris 2024 depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation. Click here to view the qualification system for each sport.
OQS Budapest 2024: Meet the Speed climbers
A total of 64 Speed climbers, 32 women and 32 men, are contesting the 10 total quotas available at OQS.
In the women's draw, home hero Zhou Yafei took top spot in Shanghai, beating Indonesia's 2023 Asian Games bronze medallist, Rajiah Sallsabillah, in the final. Both women will be the top two favourites for this event.
Sallsabillah's impressive run in the People's Republic of China included nail-biting victories over World No.2 Natalia Kalucka, and her sister Aleksandra in the semis and quarters respectively, who will both be out for redemption.
Top spot in the men's in Shanghai went to Sallsabillah's compatriot Veddriq Leonardo, who shattered the world record several times in an astonishing display that saw him beat World No.1 Wu Peng in a dream final. In this form, it's difficult to look beyond Leonardo dominating again in Budapest.
But he will have an eye out for Chinese 18-year-old Wang Xinshang, who finished third on home turf.
Women's speed (32)
- Natalia Kalucka (POL)
- Rajiah Sallsabillah (INA)
- Aleksandra Kalucka (POL)
- Niu Di (CHN)
- Nurul Iqamah (INA)
- Jeong Jimin (KOR)
- Zhang Shaoqin (CHN)
- Patrycja Chudziak (POL)
- Zhou Yafei (CHN)
- Wang Shengyan (CHN)
- Capucine Viglione (FRA)
- Beatrice Colli (ITA)
- Giulia Randi (ITA)
- Victoire Andrier (FRA)
- Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez (ESP)
- Manon Lebon (FRA)
- Anna Brozek (POL)
- Andrea Rojas (ECU)
- Lison Gautron (FRA)
- Franziska Ritter (GER)
- Takeuchi Ai (JPN)
- Tamara Ulzhabayeva (KAZ)
- Kawakami Fumika (JPN)
- Carla Martínez Vidal (ESP)
- Narda Mutia Amanda (INA)
- Hayashi Karin (JPN)
- Sung Hanareum (KOR)
- Hayashi Natsumi (JPN)
- Mahya Darabian (IRI)
- Noh Heeju (KOR)
- Grace Crowley (AUS)
- Tegwen Oates (RSA)
Men's speed (32)
- Wu Peng (CHN)
- Veddriq Leonardo (INA)
- Wang Xinshang (CHN)
- Zhang Liang (CHN)
- Kiromal Katibin (INA)
- Long Jianguo (CHN)
- Rishat Khaibullin (KAZ)
- Yasukawa Jun (JPN)
- Aspar Aspar (INA)
- Omasa Ryo (JPN)
- Shin Euncheol (KOR)
- John Brosler (USA)
- Ludovico Fossali (ITA)
- Raharjati Nursamsa (INA)
- Erik Noya Cardona (ESP)
- Yaroslav Tkach (UKR)
- Pierre Rebreyend (FRA)
- Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (IRI)
- Amir Maimuratov (KAZ)
- Leander Carmanns (GER)
- Zach Hammer (USA)
- Guillaume Moro (FRA)
- Marcin Dzienski (POL)
- Carlos Granja (ECU)
- Jung Yongjun (KOR)
- Sebastian Lucke (GER)
- Gian Luca Zodda (ITA)
- Isaac Estevez (ECU)
- Noah Bratschi (USA)
- Alessandro Boulos (ITA)
- Hryhorii Ilchyshyn (UKR)
- Hayden Barton (AUS)
The lists of athletes are subject to change and all quotas allocated for the OQS are the responsibility of the respective International Federation.
OQS Budapest 2024: Meet the boulder & lead climbers
A total of 48 athletes are competing in each Boulder & Lead event in an attempt to obtain one of the 10 quota spots available.
USA's Brooke Raboutou will be favourite to win the women's first place after she pipped former Lead world champion Seo Chaehyun in a thrilling contest in Shanghai.
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Nonaka Miho of Japan finished in fourth, and will be looking to improve upon that in Hungary.
Lee Dohyun unexpectedly stole the show in Shanghai to take the men's top spot, with fourth place in the Boulder and first in the Lead. If he continues this form in Hungary, it is hard to see anyone beating the Republic of Korea athlete.
Another man who will be quietly confident is reigning men's Olympic champion, Alberto Ginés López of Spain, who roared back to top form in China to take second place, while multiple world champion Adam Ondra will also be a threat, having taken third place.
Women's boulder & lead (48)
- Brooke Raboutou (USA)
- Nonaka Miho (JPN)
- Seo Chaehyun (KOR)
- Kim Jain (KOR)
- Vita Lukan (SLO)
- Mia Krampl (SLO)
- Anastasia Sanders (USA)
- Ito Futaba (JPN)
- Kuma Nonoha (JPN)
- Hélène Janicot (FRA)
- Manon Hily (FRA)
- Ayala Kerem (ISR)
- Hannah Meul (GER)
- Stasa Gejo (SRB)
- Molly Thompson-Smith (GBR)
- Fanny Gibert (FRA)
- Laura Rogora (ITA)
- Luo Zhilu (CHN)
- Nakagawa Ryu (JPN)
- Zélia Avezou (FRA)
- Ievgeniia Kazbekova (UKR)
- Eliska Adamovska (CZE)
- Sara Copar (SLO)
- Camilla Moroni (ITA)
- Lucka Rakovec (SLO)
- Kyra Condie (USA)
- Lynn Van Der Meer (NED)
- Lucia Dörffel (GER)
- Giorgia Tesio (ITA)
- Petra Klingler (SUI)
- Noa Shiran (ISR)
- Roxana Wienand (GER)
- Elnaz Rekabi (IRI)
- Franziska Sterrer (AUT)
- Seo Yejoo (KOR)
- Erin Mcniece (GBR)
- Aleksandra Totkova (BUL)
- Sandra Hopfensitz (GER)
- Alannah Yip (CAN)
- Michaela Smetanova (CZE)
- Maya Stasiuk (AUS)
- Kylie Cullen (USA)
- Martina Buršíková (SVK)
- Valentina Aguado (ARG)
- Sa Sol (KOR)
- Chloe Caulier (BEL)
- Tegwen Oates (RSA)
- Svana Bjarnason (ISL)
Men's boulder & lead (48)
- Mejdi Schalck (FRA)
- Lee Dohyun (KOR)
- Alexander Megos (GER)
- Adam Ondra (CZE)
- Sam Avezou (FRA)
- Yannick Flohé (GER)
- Sascha Lehmann (SUI)
- Paul Jenft (FRA)
- Alberto Ginés López (ESP)
- Chon Jongwon (KOR)
- Hannes Van Duysen (BEL)
- Pan Yufei (CHN)
- Mickael Mawem (FRA)
- Simon Lorenzi (BEL)
- Nicolas Collin (BEL)
- Song Yunchan (KOR)
- Luka Potocar (SLO)
- Nicolai Uznik (AUT)
- Hamish Mcarthur (GBR)
- Jan-Luca Posch (AUT)
- Stefan Scherz (AUT)
- Nimrod Marcus (ISR)
- Maximilian Milne (GBR)
- Hannes Puman (SWE)
- Edvards Gruzitis (LAT)
- Martin Stranik (CZE)
- Stefano Ghisolfi (ITA)
- Anze Peharc (SLO)
- Martin Bergant (SLO)
- Jack Macdougall (GBR)
- Jonas Utelli (SUI)
- Sean Mccoll (CAN)
- Filip Schenk (ITA)
- Nikolay Rusev (BUL)
- Marcello Bombardi (ITA)
- Ravianto Ramadhan (INA)
- James Pope (GBR)
- Zan Lovenjak Sudar (SLO)
- Giorgio Tomatis (ITA)
- Alex Khazanov (ISR)
- Oscar Baudrand (CAN)
- Yuval Shemla (ISR)
- Geva Levin (ISR)
- Yannick Nagel (GER)
- Raviandi Ramadhan (INA)
- Christopher Cosser (RSA)
- Dylan Parks (AUS)
- Nimród Sebestyén Tusnády (HUN)
The lists of athletes are subject to change and all quotas allocated for the OQS are the responsibility of the respective International Federation.
OQS 2024 Budapest - Sport climbing schedule
All times local Central European Time (UTC +2 hours). Start times of events are provisional and subject to change.
Thursday 20 June
- 12:00 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Qualification, Boulder
- 12:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Qualification, Boulder
Friday 21 June
- 10:00 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Qualification, Lead
- 10:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Qualification, Lead
- 17:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Speed - Qualification
- 17:50 - Sport climbing - Men's Speed - Qualification
Saturday 22 June
- 10:00 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Semi-final, Boulder
- 10:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Semi-final, Boulder
- 14:00 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Semi-final, Lead
- 14:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Semi-final, Lead
- 18:15 - Sport climbing - Women's Speed - 1/8 finals
- 18:30 - Sport climbing - Men's Speed - 1/8 finals
- 18:45 - Sport climbing - Women's Speed - Quarter-finals
- 18:55 - Sport climbing - Men's Speed - Quarter-finals
- 19:05 - Sport climbing - Women's Speed - Semi-finals
- 19:10 - Sport climbing - Men's Speed - Semi-finals
- 19:15 - Sport climbing - Women's Speed - Finals
- 19:20 - Sport climbing - Men's Speed - Finals
Sunday 23 June
- 10:00 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Final, Boulder
- 12:05 - Sport climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead - Final, Lead
- 15:30 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Final, Boulder
- 17:35 - Sport climbing - Men's Boulder & Lead - Final, Lead
How to watch sport climbing at OQS live
You can watch all the action from OQS in Budapest including sport climbing competitions live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app for mobile devices.