Mumbai: Google Doodle on August 7th celebrates Paris Games Sports Climbing Combined events. The doodle shows a bird animatedly climbing the eagle-shaped hill.
The Olympic sport of climbing involves two climbers racing side-by-side up a 15-meter wall. The speed discipline highlights a specific skill within sport climbing, debuting at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the 2021 Games, sport climbing was a single event combining three specialities: bouldering (short, technical climbs without a rope), lead climbing (where the climber clips a rope to protection points), and speed climbing (focusing solely on quickness).
For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the event was split into two medal opportunities: a combined event of bouldering and lead climbing, and a separate speed climbing event.
In speed climbing, athletes compete one-on-one to reach the top of a 15-meter wall as quickly as possible, with slower climbers eliminated in a bracket-style competition until one winner remains.
Paris Olympics 2024- Sports Climbing schedule on August 7
Sport Climbing Round-Up- August 6
American teenager Sam Watson set a new world record in the sport climbing speed event at the Olympics on Tuesday, August 6th. This event, part of the relatively new Olympic sport of climbing, pits two climbers against each other as they race side-by-side up a 15-meter wall.
In the women’s Boulder and Lead semi-final, defending world champion Janja Garnbret from Slovenia achieved an impressive score of 99.6, thrilling the crowd. She aims to add a Paris 2024 gold to her Tokyo 2020 combined gold on 10 August.
In the women’s Boulder and Lead semi-final, defending world champion Janja Garnbret from Slovenia achieved an impressive score of 99.6, thrilling the crowd. (Image: Paris Olympics 2024)
The excitement peaked during the men’s speed qualification and elimination rounds. Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia set an Olympic record of 4.79 seconds during the qualification seeding runs. However, Sam Watson from the USA surpassed this in the elimination heats, setting a new world record at 4.75 seconds.
Here’s the list of Olympic record changes from August 6th’s men’s speed climbing:
Sam Watson (USA) – 4.75 WR, OR
Veddriq Leonardo (INA) – 4.79
Amir Maimuratov (KAZ) – 4.89
Sam Watson – 4.91
Veddriq Leonardo – 4.92
Wu Peng (CHN) – 5.07
Rahmad Adi Mulyono (INA) – 5.07
Today’s Google Doodle honours the combined events of sport climbing at the Paris Olympics 2024. Featuring the intense challenges of both bouldering and lead climbing, the Doodle highlights the athletes’ remarkable strength, agility, and determination as they compete for Olympic medals. Events Lifestyle News -Fashion Trends, Beauty Tips, Celebrity Party News, Relationship advice, Travel and Food Tips
