Blocks leave Alberto Gens unable to fight for medals

Alberto jeans is the only Spanish athlete who defended his Olympic status at the Olympic Games. After a stunning comeback in the semifinals, he reached the final in fourth place, but poor performance in the blocks punished him and left him out of the fight for medals. Extremio, who did not have good feelings, had to settle in the private arena.

After the blocks, where Alberto ACAP colista finished, extremio needed a miracle to reach the medals. He was 40 points away from the bronze medal and it’s not enough to do a good job. He also needed his opponents to be wrong. And it didn’t pass. Indeed, when Alberto faced the wall, he no longer had a chance to be a medalist. The result of Schubert, MacArthur and Duffy was already unbeatable for him, but he wanted to leave with a good taste in his mouth.

With difficulty Alberto reunited with good feelings. He was close to the level of the best, 92.1 points and managed to climb some position. A sour taste for which the Olympic gold in Tokyo was to enjoy a new opportunity in Los Angeles, where the three climbing disciplines will be separated, something that benefits specialists like Alberto, one of the best teams in the world in difficulty. But this time, it was Toby Roberts who took gold, Anraku with silver and Schubert repeated the bronze of Tokyo.

Condemned by the masses

He didn’t have a good start Alberto Gens, Who saw how the lumps were suffocating him from the very beginning. In fact, He failed to score in the first and can only control the low zone in the second, While his main rivals drifted. Hamish MacArthur , Colin Duffy , Jacob Schubert , Toby Roberts and Sorato anraco (On the first attempt) they reached the top in the first block and Slovakia repeated Sorato andraco, who was thrown towards gold, in the second.

In the last two, Alberto improved his performance, but not enough to believe that the medal was within reach. A 9.8 and a 9.6 raised his secret scores to 24.1 points, Like other favorites, such as Czech Adam Ondra. At the same time, the British Toby Roberts Niko was able to make the top in the third block and Colin Duffy Join the party in the room.

The blocks ended with Anraco (69.3), Duffy (68.3) and Roberts (63.1) distanced; MacArthur (53.9) and Schubert (48.4) over Joss and Genevieve (24.4), Ondra (24.1)and Alberto himself (24.1), With a big challenge in front of 40 points from bronze.