Following an eventful men’s Combined qualification yesterday, where Bassa Mawem of France claimed the first men’s Speed Olympic Record with 5.45 seconds, and his younger brother Mickael qualified in first place for the men’s final on Thursday, today all eyes will be on the women’s event.

As the reigning Boulder and Combined World Champion, Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret is one-to-watch in today’s competition. Bearing an astonishing 47 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup medals and a further seven World Championship medals, the 22-year-old is one of the most-decorated climbers of all time.

Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi is another of Sport Climbing’s most successful athletes. Aged 32, Noguchi holds an impressive 75 IFSC World Cup and World Championship medals, including silver in Combined at the 2019 World Championships in Hachiojo, Japan. Great Britain’s Shauna Coxsey took the bronze in Hachioji, and with another notable resume of 32 IFSC World Cup and World Championship medals, the 28-year-old is certainly not one to be underestimated.

The youngest athlete competing today is 17-year-old Chaehyun Seo, of South Korea. Seo achieved a podium position at every Lead World Cup she participated in during her 2019 debut season – how will she perform at the Games after an additional two years of training?

Another looming question is: who will take the women’s Speed Olympic Record? There are four Speed specialists competing in today’s qualification round, including four-time world-record-holder Iuliia Kaplina, of the Russian Olympic Committee, and China’s YiLing Song. Kaplina holds the current women’s world record of 6.96 seconds; Could we see a new world record set on the Olympic stage?

Let’s take a look at the full line-up for the women’s Combined qualification, which commences at 5:00 PM (UTC+9:00) today:

For the full schedule and results, click here