In the image, Felipe Ho hanging on the wall between obstacles. Photo: Instagram/ @abee_escalada/ @carolcoelho

First day of the Panamerican in Santiago, first climbing competition, with a combination of bouldering and guided tours. Thus, Felipe Ho, Mateus Bellotto and Rodrigo Hanada were the Brazilians to scale the Chilean walls. They finished tenth, 15th and 16th respectively and must literally climb places in the rankings to continue dreaming of a medal in this sport.

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Even if for a brief moment in the broadcasts, it was possible to see the real difficulty of climbing walls in sport climbing. In this way, the athletes underwent two different types of climbs, bouldering and guided climbing, which generate a combined score. In the first, Felipe Ho scored 64.6 and was tied with Chilean Benjamin Ayala in tenth place. In the second, the Brazilian improved his performance with a different count, reaching 45.1 and tied for ninth place with Mexican Thor Villegas.

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Thus, he finished in tenth place in the general classification, with 109.7. However, it will take more than this performance to win a medal. American Jesse Grupper led with 191.9 (99.8+92.1), his compatriot Sean Bailey was second with 164.2 (84.2+80). Canadian Sean McColl finished third with 152.8 (84.7+68.1).

Additionally, there were two other Brazilians in the race who were close in the standings. But with different performances. Mateus Bellotto started in 11th place, tied with two other climbers, but did not repeat his performance in the next stage. He stopped 15th and scored 90.2 (54.1+36.1).

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On the other hand, Rodrigo Hanada placed 15th in the first climb and did not fluctuate much, with a 16th place in the second stage. In fact, it was his overall ranking with 82.6 (49.5+33.1).

A journalist who graduated in 2013, I have been working since 2008, when I joined P. Mackenzie University. I worked for six years at Diário Lance!. I went through Punteiro Izquierdo, Surto Olímpico, Torcedores and the Municipal Secretariat of Sports and Leisure of São Paulo. I joined OTD in April 2023.