Another eventful day in Sport Climbing at the Paris Olympics! Team GB athletes Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur qualified for Olympic finals and there were shocks and upsets on a very difficult Lead route. More famous faces were spotted in the arena, including Alex Honnold, Chris Sharma and King Felipe VI of Spain, who came to support reigning Spanish Olympic champion Alberto Ginés-López. The final eight in men’s Boulder & Lead includes a strong field of Lead climbers and a mix of young athletes versus seasoned veterans of the sport. There will be all to play for on Friday! The youngest athlete in the event, Japanese star Sorato Anraku, currently leads the field.
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00:00 Men’s Lead Semi-Final
06:42 Combined Results
07:11 Report from Paris
10:12 Women’s Athlete Profiles
15:49 Shauna Coxsey Interview
17 Comments
What was the biggest surprise of the day? And whose your money on now we've seen both lead and boulder?
so many of my predictions are off now 😭
The route setting is rubbish it always looks the same way to boulder like too. It's like climbing balloons
Route was very very hard but there was a very big gap between the climbers who qualified and the ones who didnt. Not only that but the points across boulder and lead were very balanced so I genuinely think the setters did a great job
praying ondra wins
Alex Megos slipped unexpectedly when he wasn't even strained on a slippy foothold. Pretty Sad. The Slovenian climber slipped on the same spot
Don't think we can say there are "no boulderers in the mix" for the finals when you've got the 2023 overall Boulder world cup champion – go Sorato!
The scoring system is broken. With Sorato coming out already qualified for the combined, without having done any combined climbing whatsoever, proves their system is borked. They set the boulders far too stiff and rewarded only one style. And yes, Sorato was awesome, but he excels at that style. Setting needs to reinvent itself. Still, I'm pleased overall with the finishing 8, even if it absolutely sucks (and is not a good reflection on setting) to have Megos out.
sucks for tomoa, but also skill issue
The setters got this so very wrong in my opinion. The tricky black section was so difficult it basically determined who got to the final. This made the entire bouldering section irrelevant to the results. Sorato qualified without even needing to Lead climb. What is that about? Having said that I think the best eight climbers are in the final so it should be very entertaining. The setting in the women's bouldering made much more sense than the men's bouldering.
When is the hamish interview 😢😊.
Free replay available somewhere ??
Where can I watch the climbing I can't find it anywhere on BBC iplayer
I mostly agree with your words. Except that to me Ondra showed superior technique and smoothness. My opinion
ONDRA!!!
can they all see the route at same time ? or do they all go in blind ? Seems like if u can watch people before it would help
I was so surprised about the entries from Australia Men's, and South Africa Men's and Women's. It was quite a surprise to see such a huge gap in capability between them and the rest, and it didn't seem right personally. I find it difficult to accept that those are the best offerings from these countries. I will say how impressed I was with Oce, her performance was absolutely amazing and you can tell just how much she has benefited from training alongside climbers such as Natalia and Brooke!