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Spaniards Lopez Surprisingly first sports climbing Olympic champion

The Spaniard Alberto Gines Lopez is completely surprising the first Olympic champion in sport climbing. Through the places one in the speed , seven in bouldering and four in the lead, the 18-year-old won the "Olympic combined" competition with 28 points gold before Nathaniel Coleman (USA / 30) and Mitfavorit Jakob Schubert (Austria / 35). Combi World Champion and Top Favorite Tomoa Narasaki (Japan / 36) spent four. The two German starters Alexander Megos (Erlangen) and Jan Hojer (Cologne) had just just missed the final of the best eight. Megos, one of the best rock climbers in the world, finished despite a personal best time in his problem discipline Speed ​​Rank nine in qualifying, Hojer Rank twelve. Sport climbing is Olympic for the first time in Tokyo. The placements in the three disciplines are multiplied by a total score. In three years in Paris, the controversial discipline speed is separated from the other two. Then medals in the speed as well as for a combinatio