It's about to get even more exciting at the 2019 IFSC World Climbing Championships in Hachioji, Japan. Now that the three individual discipline rounds of Boulder, Lead and Speed have taken place, the 20 top-performing athletes across all three events have now been established. Rankings from each round are multiplied to calculate combined points (e.g. 1st x 2nd x 3rd = 6 points). Great Britain's Shauna Coxsey has qualified in 3rd place, putting herself in a strong position for making the top 7 and qualifying for possible Tokyo 2020 Olympic selection if she reaches the Combined final (top 8 from qualifying round.) Her teammate Will Bosi narrowly missed out, finishing in 25th place.

Having climbed almost every day over the past week, the qualified athletes now have a further three rounds of qualifying in Boulder, Lead and Speed and potentially yet another three rounds if they make finals. Athletes ranking outside of the top 7 in Hachioji have further chances to qualify for Tokyo 2020 via the Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse in November (6 places per sex) or through IFSC Combined Continental Championships in 2020 (5 places per sex), Host Country places (1 place per sex) or Tripartite Commission Invitation (1 place per sex).

Aleksandra Miroslaw (POL) and Ludovico Fossali (ITA) won Gold in the Speed finals today.

Stay tuned for IFSC commentator Charlie Boscoe's Combined report...

IFSC Climbing World Championships - Hachioji (JPN) 2019