Dfrom Saturday, the Plaza del Sol in Móstoles will host one of the Spanish Cup events climbing. In the competition there will be two different disciplines, both in the youth category and in the senior category, male and female.
It is worth highlighting the presence of Leslie Romero, who in Budapest together with Alberto Ginés achieved qualification for the Olympic Games in the speed category, being the first woman in the history of our country to achieve this feat. On the contrary, Alberto has decided not to attend the event in order to continue preparing for the Paris Games, where will defend the gold medal won in Tokyo.
The Spanish Cup will begin on Saturday the 29th at 8:00 with the sub-14 block qualifiers. Starting at 3:00 p.m., both the qualifiers and the finals of the speed modality in the absolute category will be held., where we can enjoy Leslie. Finally, the day will end with the youth block finals. In total it is estimated that there are around 400 signed up in all categorieswhich shows that climbing is growing exponentially, with the sacrifice for families that traveling from side to side entails.
During Sunday, Qualifiers will begin at 8:00 of the block modality in the absolute category, followed by the youth qualifiers and finals and culminating the Cup with the absolute finalss, just the opposite of the previous day. This will put the icing on the cake to a weekend full of excitement, risk, and above all a lot of wall.
The same walls as in Paris
As an important fact, it should be noted that Spain is the only country where in this type of competitions The same walls are used as in the Olympic Games, installed by the company B3Sportainment, the current leader in the sector and organizer of the competition. In other countries they are forced to hold these competitions in climbing walls, but for three years they have fought so that climbers have the possibility of developing properly in the face of improve your preparation for big events.
We must not forget that Alberto Ginés had to going outside of Spain to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics due to lack of resources. The Federation has fought to ensure that this does not happen again, and in cases like Leslie’s they are already finding results. Starting tomorrow, Móstoles will act as host so that those unfamiliar with this sport begin to become fond of the adrenaline of climbingand so that lovers of it can see their idols up close.
