Kai Harada and Miho Nonaka sealed Japan’s final sport climbing berths in next summer’s Tokyo Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed a suit by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association, the body said Saturday.
Although the ruling does not change the number of Japanese who will compete in sport climbing’s Olympic debut, it still hurts. The decision deprives other athletes of a chance to qualify and deprives would-be Olympians of the chance to sharpen their skills through competing in summer qualifying events.
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