10 August 2024 – Women’s Boulder & Lead Finals
Women’s Final Boulder results
Women’s overall final results
Boulder Presentation: 00:01:32, Boulder Start: 00:16:16, Lead Presentation: 01:32:40, Lead Start: 01:43:29, Medal Ceremony: 02:39:15
9 August 2024 – Men’s Boulder & Lead Finals
Men’s Final Boulder results
Men’s overall final results
Boulder Presentation: 00:02:21, Boulder Start: 00:16:33, Lead Presentation: 01:42:28, Lead Start: 01:52:12, Medal Ceremony: 02:49:42
8 August 2024 – Women’s Lead semi-finals and Men’s Speed Finals
Women’s Lead Qualifying Results
Following an excellent Women’s Bouldering Semifinal which saw competition climbing’s golden girl, Janja Garnbret of Slovenia, once again coming out on top, we were eager to see how the Lead Semifinal would challenge the competitors. Lauren Mukheibir was the first to take on the powerful and technical route, unfortunately falling early on, but walking away from her Olympic experience having put on a brilliant performance.
The rest of the athletes each took their turns tackling tricky, dynamic moves to tiny crimps and pockets, with some surprising names missing out on the finals including Italy’s Laura Rogora, Japan’s Miho Nonaka and USA’s Natalia Grossman, who fell after just 39.1 points. Janja shared first place with Ai Mori of Japan, with both climbers cruising through the route before slipping off the slopey top hold. Needless to say, we absolutely cannot wait to watch the final showdown on Saturday!
Lauren Mukheibir’s lead attempt: 00:14:23
Men’s Speed final results
The Men’s Speed Final had us all holding our breath as USA’s Samuel Watson, China’s Wu Peng, Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo and more of the world’s top speed climbers fought it out to claim the first Men’s Olympic Speed Climbing gold medal.
In a massive twist, Sam Watson stumbled in his semifinal round, losing the gold but still getting an impressive time of just 4,93 seconds. He can walk away well-chuffed, however, breaking the men’s world record once again with a 4,74s run and the Olympic bronze medal.
Wu Peng won silver after an excellent performance across the board, and the gold medal was claimed by Veddriq Leonardo, a worthy recipient, having been the first speed climber to hit the sub-5 second milestone, and matching Tuesday’s world record time of 4,75s in his final run.
Climbing starts: 00:05:31, Small Final: 00:25:27, Big Final: 00:28:25, Medal Ceremony: 00:32:28
7 August 2024 – Men’s Lead semi-finals and Women’s Speed Finals
Men’s Lead Qualifying Results
After a tricky Boulder round that saw just seven tops on Monday, spectators were eager to see some more action in the Men’s Lead Semifinals and the event was certainly full of surprises. Mel Janse van Rensburg was the first climber on the wall and absolutely cruised the first section before falling during a tricky move to the next set of holds – we would have loved to see more, but we couldn’t be prouder of Mel for his excellent performance.
We saw several big names coming off the route unexpectedly early, including Tomoa Narasaki, Alex Megos and Lee Dohyun, while Japan’s Sorato Anraku once again soared came out on top to match his first-place performance in Boulder, with Great Britain’s Toby Roberts and the Czech Republic’s Adam Ondra claiming second and third place respectively. Tune in at 10:15 on Friday to see the top eight men battle it out in the finals!
Mel Janse van Rensburg’s Lead attempt: 00:12:44
Women’s Speed final results
Speed climbing’s first Olympic champions have been crowned! To no one’s surprise, Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw raced to glory in an electrifying final showdown, claiming the gold medal with a final run of an impressive 6,10 seconds. This follows her breath-taking double world record break during Monday afternoon’s Qualification Seeding heats, which saw her set a new record of 6,21 seconds in her first run, only to smash that with a phenomenal 6,06 seconds in her second run.
The silver medal was claimed by China’s Lijuan Deng and the bronze by Poland’s Aleksandra Kalucka, with Indonesia’s Rajiah Sallsabillah putting on a remarkable performance that earned her 4th place.
Climbing starts: 00:04:46, Small Final: 00:24:24, Big Final: 00:27:33, Medal Ceremony: 00:32:32
6 August 2024 – Women’s Boulder and Men’s Speed Qualifiers
Women’s Boulder Qualifying Results
Womens boulder qualifiers kicked off with Lauren Mukheibir out first on the mats. A tough round for Lauren with no points on the board. Look out for her in the Lead Qualifiers taking place on Thursday. Janja Garnbret (previous Gold medal Olympian) continues her streak with 4 tops and making the boulders look easy.
Lauren Mukheibir’s Boulder Attempts: Boulder 1: 00:04:00; Boulder 2: 00:14:19; Boulder 3: 00:24:48 ; Boulder 4: 00:35:22
Men’s Speed Qualifying Results
The Men’s Speed showdown had us all on the edge of our seats with plenty of nail-biting action, including a false start from Indonesian speed star Rahmad Adi Mulyono and a brand-new world record of just 4,75 seconds set by 18-year-old Team USA climber Sam Watson.
Our Speed golden boy, Joshua Bruyns, put on a great performance (despite missing the finish buzzer on his second run) and came close to breaking his own continental speed record, clinching an impressive 5,84 seconds on his final run.
Josh Bruyn’s Speed Runs: Seeding 1: 00:02:37; Seeding 2: 00:18:19; Qualification elimination: 00:41:44
5 August 2024 – Men’s Boulder and Women’s Speed Qualifiers
Its finally here! Sport Climbing kicked off on Monday 5 August with the Mens Boulder Qualifiers. Mel Janse van Rensburg was out on the mats first for a tough round of Bouldering to open the Combined Sports Climbing category. Mel achieved two zones and ended with 9.4 points for the round. As a lead specialist, we look forward to seeing Mel place higher on Wednesday in the Mens Lead Qualifiers.
Men’s Boulder Qualifying Results
Mel Janse van Rensburg Boulder Attempts: Boulder 1: 00:05:12; Boulder 2: 00:15:23; Boulder 3: 00:25:30 ; Boulder 4: 00:36:00
Women’s Speed Qualifying Results
Aniya Holder achieved her goal of setting a new African Women’s Speed Record of 9.12 sec. She did not advance to Semi Finals but had us cheering at our screens as she knocked over a second off the previous record. Well done Aniya!!
Aniya Holder’s Speed Runs: Seeding 1: 00:13:12; Seeding 2: 00:30:13 (African Record); Qualification Elimination: 00:40:00
