He looked into the camera and gave a medal-worthy scream of stoke. After being lowered and waving to the audience, his coaching team told him that he won bronze, and his ensuing celebration was electric. But Schubert did pass it, and topped out. When Jakob Schubert started up the finals lead wall, Adam Ondra had the high-point and would’ve taken home gold if Schubert didn’t pass it. Nathaniel Coleman on men’s boulder two Jakob Schubert’s Podium Reaction The other competitors only topped one boulder, except Ginés López who didn’t top any. With less than two minutes to go, he made a dynamic move to the final 11-centimetre-long half-pad hold and stuck it thanks to a sneaky toe-hook he found. He ended up with silver, thanks largely to being the only climber to top men’s second boulder. Nathaniel Coleman wasn’t an underdog heading into the Olympics, but he wasn’t one of the climbers most people anticipated to win a medal. Photo by Dimitris Tosidis Nathaniel Coleman Tops Boulder Two Aleksandra Mirolaw after setting the new record. The 27-year-old shed 0.12 seconds off the previous women’s world record with her 6.84-second climb at Aomi Urban Sports Park. Polish climber Aleksandra Miroslaw contributed to the great show in women’s finals by breaking the speed climbing world record. There’s no word yet whether Yip or McColl are hoping to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics in three years, but we wouldn’t be surprised if they go for it.Ī post shared by Alannah Yip Women’s Speed Record Both posted personal bests and Canadian records in speed, with Yip climbing in 7.99 second and McColl in 6.93 seconds. climbers Alannah Yip and Sean McColl, who finished 14th and 17th respectively. Chris Cosser and Jongwon Chon are first climbers out Canadian Speed RecordsĬanada was represented by B.C. Men’s speed was the first event of the week. That’s why Chris Cosser and Jongwon Chon stepping onto the stage as the first-ever climbers to compete at the Olympics was such a highlight. It’s been a long time coming, but Sport Climbing is finally an Olympic sport. Tokyo Olympics: Highlights, Day 13 As the worlds elite athletes gather in Tokyo 2020, so do the best photographers to capture all of the action. Below are 10 highlights from qualifications and finals. There’s a lot of lessons to be learned from Sport Climbing at Tokyo 2020, but for now, let’s celebrate some memorable moments. As predicted, Janja Garnbret won gold for women, and not as predicted, Alberto Ginés López took top spot for men. There was triumph and upsets, records broken and injuries, great routes and boulders, not so great commentating, and there was a lot of emotion. Four action-packed rounds of speed, lead and bouldering left us with six athletes going home with medals, and 40 climbers who can now call themselves Olympians. The first-ever Olympic Sport Climbing competition is over, and what a wild couple of days it was.
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