Czech Cup competitions: Flash or OS?

The sport climbing commission of the Czech Mountaineering union has launched an opinion poll among the climbers whether they prefere to climb qualification routes in Czech Cup lead climbing competitions in flash or onsight climbing style.

The reason was the small interest in the participation on the competitions because of long boring isolation. Therefore the commission changed the rules in Czech Cup 2006 when the two qualification routes were climbed in flash style. It had positives and negatives. The most positive is that competitor did not wait in isolation, can see the others, helped creating audience and atmosphere and perhabs suffered by less stress.
The OS style is on the contrary clear game, for better experienced climbers and is as well played on international seniors competitions.
The Czech Cup competitions now consists from two qualification routes (in shifted rank from the half of the row of the 1st route (not vice versa!)) and the final route is OS. The same model is on European Youth Cup. The Czech Championship is part of the Czech Cup, but there are qualification, semifinals and finals - all OS. That is according to the World Championship pattern.

The question in the new inquiry is: are you in qualification of the Czech Cup for styl flash or OS?

After a couple of days the supporters of OS slightly win: 122 flash, 171 OS, 33 do not know.
Look at the actual result: on the right column down or Poll

Lezec.cz   [edit] 19:19 26.01.2007

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 not really os anyways00:59:26 27.01.2007
The holds are already marked, there is already chalk on the holds, the draws are already up... sounds like the only possibility is for Flash.

It sounds like the argument is between being able to see fellow competitors climb or not, which is diffent. Using the terms OS and Flash confuse the issue, because in reality there in no OS no in indoor climbing.


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 Re: not really os anyways14:05:32 28.01.2007
I am not for flash. You can see chalk on the holds, bud every move you should think out yourself - it is fair. Disadvantage is boring isolation.
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