World’s top female climber Janja Garnbret said she is not stopping her training for the Tokyo Olympics despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak
TOKYO - Slovenian Janja Garnbret, the world’s top female climber, is staying calm and focused despite the coronavirus outbreak playing havoc with sports events around the world and plunging preparations for the Tokyo Olympics into chaos.
So far, 15 of the 20 Olympic spots for the women’s event are filled and two further qualification events have been canceled. “Right now, we are a little bit, how to say, scared or worried if the Olympics will take place or not,” Garnbret told Reuters by video call last week during a break from filming with her sponsor Red Bull.Even if the Games were pushed back by a year Garnbret said she would be able to adapt.
“So, I think if it was postponed then it wouldn’t be such a problem because I would be training hard anyway.”
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