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Following the resignation of two doctors from the IFSC Medical Commission and public criticism from athletes including Olympic champion Janja Garnbret (UKC News), the IFSC has released a further statement on RED-S and athletes' health.

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The IFSC have managed to say absolutely nothing in just under 350 words. 

Why do organisations issue these pointless statements? There is absolutely no detail in this. What are they actually doing to tackle this? 

They said plenty:

They don't fully understand the issue.

They will put the ultimate responsibility for dealing with this onto the individual athletes and federations and hope they make a healthy decision while ignoring the fact that competing in competitions inherently puts pressure on the athletes to be incredibly light so they are on a level playing field with everyone else.

They don't want to move the playing field to a safe place (a sensible level of body fat being mandatory) via use of sanctions.

They probably demonstrated a lack of care for the athletes in other ways too.

As somebody else said. They've said almost nothing in that statement. They would fit in very well in parliament. The one thing that seems abundantly clear without acrostic being said is that the IFSC are saying that the two professionals who resigned are liars. That's a very strong thing to insinuate and sadly highlights the beurocracy often found in professional sports. Particularly when there is big money involved. I've been climbing for just shy of 30 years and sadly I've watched competition climbing go the same way that professionals skateboarding went on the 90's. A media circus that is apparently more money orientated than a celebration of the sport itself.