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I've heard a lot of moaning about the climbing because of the 3 events combined and people mostly specialising in just one of them. I quite like it though and like the idea of the an all-round prize.
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Lots of climbers were disappointed when the format was announced, but I think most have now come round to the idea and actually enjoyed the speed training. I would imagine it would actually be harder for speed specialists who are just crazy explosive and have very little chance to re-train for lead.
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See also: Omnium and all the discussion that had.
chiroshi
hippy
It's similar with climbing. There are lots of people asking 'Why isn't Alex Honnold competing?'. With any 'lifestyle' sport there will be those who train for competition and those who seek sponsorship dollar for movies / influencing / out of competition feats.