Sport climbing at Tokyo 2020: Records set at Olympic debut
olympics.com › en › newsAug 03, 2021 · Mickael Mawem shocked the field to win sport climbing's maiden Olympic men's qualifying round on Tuesday (3 August). The sport is making its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and climbers needed to finish in the top eight to qualify for the men's combined final on Friday (5 August). Frenchman Mawem finished first on the speed wall, third in bouldering and 11th on the lead problem to take the overall top spot.
Sport climbing: Kiromal Katibin tops speed qualifying at ...
olympics.com › en › newsJun 30, 2022 · Kiromal Katibin breaks speed world record in qualifying at Climbing World Cup in Villars. Indonesia's Katibin lowers his own world record from 5.10 to 5.04 seconds. Niu Di tops the women's qualifiers. Speed climbing world record holder Kiromal Katibin is seemingly unstoppable. The Indonesian, who produced a world record on his last World Cup outing in May, repeated the feat on Thursday (30 June) at the Speed and Lead World Cup stop in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.