At The Olympics, Sport Climbing Is Full Of Unknowns For Athletes And Fans
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Updated August 2, 2021 at 8:03 PM ET
For the first time ever, climbers will compete for Olympic gold as Sport Climbing makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo s Aomi Urban Sports Park. It s a big deal for a sport with outdoor roots that has only recently achieved mainstream popularity through a combination of indoor gyms, climbers social media accounts, and TV shows and movies like
American Ninja Warrior and the Academy Award winning documentary
Free Solo.
But even those who follow climbing aren t quite sure what to expect this week. When the IOC announced Sport Climbing for the 2020 Games, climbing competitions had never been run as a combined event. Climbers widely recognized as the best in the world for their extraordinarily difficult outdoor climbs were thrown a curve ball speed climbing.
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