Women's Olympic Climbing 2024: The Closest Final Yet

Well how about that!

Janja was on the verge of complete emotional collapse during the lead final. I almost chew my desk watching this comp.

I really enjoyed Ai Mori's ascent 😮 It was incredible

I really was scared that janja tweaked her finger and was gonna drop it on lead, glad she pulled throught🎉🎉

A very enjoyable "post game wrap up" t/y. Only three steps on the podium but all eight finalists champions in my book. Like all or most anyway I had a favorite but honestly cheered each young woman on; all so admirable. A very enjoyable but tense watching ecperience ;-). Couple bullet points if I may ... - Janja truly has a champion's heart - there's something about the greats that sets them apart, she has it. They rise to the occasion, it's their element, embracing the moment, seemingly almost daring pressure to a contest, and pressure blinking first, usually ;-) Bravo Janja, I do NOT like the term but yes ... GOAT. - Ai Mori on W3 imho was the climb of the comp, it WAS an amazing attempt, especially after W 1 & 2 for her so difficult AND all before on 3 unable to score high. She's such an enigma so tiny so fragile-looking, so expressionless but WHAT determination! Petite as a kitten but the heart of a lion. We love you Ai! - Erin McNeice. What a joy to watch and cheer for. Never hearda her before the last WC until the OQS and podium-ed it, then both qualifiers too. Of course she was a longshot in Paris but I actually thought she might earn a podium spot again! You're a champ young lady. Bravo! - Bravo for Jesse Pilz. An "old pro" by now for us regular IFSC WCs watchers, usually not demonstrative on the wall, mostly ,"business as usual" her emotional "release" realizing an Olympic medal quite beautiful. (Tho forgive me her, "breaking protocol" going into the audience unformly but that's the Brit in me (& i'm not even English ;-) Okay okay we'll let it slide this time. ;-)) - Brookie. Ya did it kid. Yer an Olympic medalist AND YOU EARNED IT. Cool but relaxed & confident, and the definition of a winning personality; she's so easy to cheer on. Bravo champ, soak it up and share w/ us please every memory of this Olympic ride, we're up for hearing about. - And to Chaehyun, Oceania, & Oriane was a total blast to cheer your climbs on - every attempt you gave all you had - beautiful to see; congrats on being an Olympian sport climbing finalist; what an achievement! Bravo..

Yes, all of these women are so STRONG, so tough, so resilient and passionate about their sport. Just amazing and nerve-wracking to watch!! I tried rock climbing in my 20s, and I couldn't even make it past one metre!! So this sport is just another one which requires super human strength and abilities. Good on them!! They're really wonderful. ❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Thank you for your intelligent commentary! Ch9 did not show the final competitor. So I thought 'WTF?' Did I miss something?!! I was really pissed off! But finally I know who won, and the medal results! Thanks!! 😊😊😊

I am soooo happy for Brooke ! She deserves that silver medal so much ! ❤

Great video. Nice kitchen :) For all those who didn't know. Brooke and Janja are best friends. They even trained together in Slovenia entire spring this year for the Olympics.

I would like to see bouldering, lead and combined as three non-speed categories.

It was such a privilege to be there. Erin performed brilliantly. Seeing Janja's reaction as she walked off from the final boulder, I think she (and we) thought she might've blown it (due to the injury). I wonder just how much she had to push through it in lead. What an amazing couple of days. I don’t think we'll ever top that experience.

Fantastic women's round. I was so happy for Jessy Pilz. Wondered if this is her last chance for an Olympic medal before retirement (hence the emotions). Anyone know?

Janja stated in her recent interview that she has trouble remembering the Tokyo Olympic win's details, because of what a rollercoaster it was of first-time pressure for her on that Olympic level. Something tells me that her repeating that gold, but this time with a finger screaming at you to give up every step of the way will make this one far more memorable. Managing that kind of a feat despite such an injury...without a doubt the mentality of a world champion and thoroughly earned. Still, happy for Brooke and Pilz who both got medals after failing to podium the first time around and congrats from Slovenia here to all of you from the UK too for getting your gold from men's. This one was a nail-biter for us, to be sure. :)

Ai Mori is just the best for me👏🏻 because she is brilliant despite her height disadvantage, and creates such unique moves and forms, I love her style💖🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 if she was the same height as Janja or Brooke she would win over any of the other girls. As for the winners I'm so proud of Brooke!! she's my second favourite

Exceptional coverage, thank you.

Fantastic summary of the finals. I very much enjoyed watching.

such an incredible final

From the thumbnail it looks like Brooke took the gold and Janja took the silver

High jump contests against athletes who have come to compete in wall climbing should be abolished.

Where can watch the entire Olympic climbing competition?

It was the first time I had seen a Climbing competition and I thought it was not a fair sport. In Mori's first task she was unable to even start due to her height, which resulted in zero points. Of course, I don't think there is such a thing as a completely fair sport, but this seems a bit terrible. Isn't there a problem with setting up a route where you can't even start? I think so, but is this a common occurrence in Climbing?