The Spanish climber Guillermo Peinado will fight for the medals in the World Cup event of block that is held in the Madrid town of Alcobendas, after certifying their classification this Saturday for this afternoon’s final with the sixth best score of all the participants.
It is a success for the young climber from Madrid, 20 years old, who Spurred on by his fans, he took a new leap in quality in his career, reaching his second final in a World Series event. after the one achieved in 2024 in Chamonix in the difficulty category.
A final that seemed to be significantly complicated for Peinado, a semi-finalist last year at the World Championships in Seoul, after having to ‘settle’ for being a zone in the first two blocks.
But even then, Colmenar Viejo did not give up, which this year counts as best result the silver medal he achieved two weeks ago in the European Cup eventfrom Liptovsky Mikulas (Slovakia), and achieved the ‘top’ in his next two blocks.
This reaction allowed Guillermo Peinado to add a total of 68.6 points which allowed the Spanish climber to qualify for the final after closing the semi-final round in sixth position.
Manuel Pastor cannot reach the last round
This final could not be reached by the other Spanish representative, Manuel Antonio Pastor, who could not repeat the sensational performance he displayed in the previous phase and could only count 19.9 points after making the zone in the last two blocks.
The best example of the difficulty of the problems designed by the outfitters of the Madrid event, who were about to leave the top favorite for victory, the Japanese Sorato Anraku, winner of the last three editions of the Block World Cup, out of the final.
Anraku suffers the unspeakable to reach the final
In fact, Anraku, current world champion of the specialty and silver in the Paris Olympic Games, only managed to achieve the ‘top’ he needed in the last block with ten seconds remaining to reach the final.
Final effort that allowed the Japanese climber to add a total of 69.5 points that allowed him to close in third position the semifinal round behind the American Colin Duffy, first with 84.6 points, and the Frenchman Samuel Richard, second with 69.6 points.
Frenchman Mejdi Schalck, current world runner-up, will not be in that fight for the medals, who was left out of the list of eight climbers who will compete in the final this afternoon, after finishing tenth with a score of 54.9 units.