Sport climbing will have its first Olympic champions this week, as 40 athletes compete in the debut sport\u0027s three distinct disciplines
Two Canadian climbers – North Vancouverites Alannah Yip and Sean McColl – are among the 20 women and 20 men competing at Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park to medal in their respective events.Athletes will compete in speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing in both a qualification and final phase . Their rankings in each of the three disciplines will be multiplied for a combined ranking, and the eight climbers with the lowest rankings will progress to the final phase.
Bouldering sees climbers working to solve the most “problems” in the fewest attempts. You won’t see competitors using safety ropes in this discipline, so falls will land them on protective mats below. The course will have a set number of “problems” and climbers will have a limited amount of time to spend on each. And they don’t get to see the problems until competition time, so the challenge is mental as well as physical.
Like running, jumping and throwing, “Climbing is one of the fundamental human movements,” Yip said. “So I’m really excited for the world to get to see such an amazing sport. I hope that a lot of people go out and subsequently try it.” McColl was also part of the push to get sport climbing in the Olympic Games, making presentations to the IOC in his longtime role as president of the IFSC athletes’ commission.
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