How can athletes suffer the cameramen moving around them so closely they must be able to smell their breath?
I really don't get why the officials allow the camera crew to stand in the fall zone or between the athlete and the wall. One even bumped into a climber. It's dangerous and it interferes with the comp. If I was climbing at a competition I would attempt to fall onto them. Fuckers.
The IFSC rules used to say:
>Access to the Competition Area
>3.12 Only the persons specified below shall be permitted to enter the Competition Area:
>A) IFSC Officials;
>B) Event Organiser’s officials;
>C) competitors eligible to take part in the current round of competition (as directed by or on behalf of the Jury President);
>D) authorised Team Officials (the Isolation Zone/Warm-Up area only);
>E) other persons specifically authorised by the Jury President. Such persons shall, throughout their stay in the Competition Area, be escorted and supervised by an approved official to ensure the maintenance of security of the Competition Area and prevent any undue distraction of, or interference with, any competitor.
Camera crew was not allowed on the mats or the lead stage by these rules and they specifically forbid "any undue distraction of, or interference with, any competitor".
Why are they in the competition area now and so close to the athletes that you can see how it distracts them?!?
