Women's Olympic Climbing 2024: The Closest Final Yet

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Well how about that!

[@veronicaromano4447]

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

[@10freekie2]

And the crowd loved it too! Soo amazing too watch after her somewhat dissapointing boulder round.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It was quite something to behold, making something so difficult look so easy. She barely changed pace throughout. I’m smiling just thinking about it - what a thing to witness 😄

[@user-bk5nx1qn5p]

I was very disgusted by the first task, which was a disadvantage for short athletes. If that is the way France and the IOC operate, I think she should never compete in the Olympics again. It's so unfair.

[@aliyaclare]

Incredible ascent -- amazing climb. Hoping she can get further with bouldering.

[@WhiskyMystery]

@@user-bk5nx1qn5p I dont like parkour boulders but Brooke and Ai are almost the same height

[@Cobinja]

Janja just casually resting on one foot on boulder 2 was something else. I know she had her back on the wall, but still

[@Maddancer2005]

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

[@lecorny007]

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

[@xJacquelineBx]

same!!

[@gottadomor7438]

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..

[@Kris-x4j]

@@gottadomor7438 Jessie didn't go into the audience mind you, she ran to her trainer team in an and cried them all wet 😁

[@gottadomor7438]

@k4: Yes she did & of course understandably beautiful; just that I think the cool move was a wave & teary smile to them on her way to sit w/ the other girls - who weren't going to step up on the podium. A "time & place" kinda thing. I remember a coach telling us, "Act like you've been there before" & also, "Don't rub their noses in it." I like Jesse she's a real pro but her girly thing came out and I love that too! No big. ;-)

[@carikintsugi]

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

[@gabehcatalano]

To be fair, Brooke and Ai are nearly the same height, 5'2" vs 5'1"

[@carikintsugi]

@@gabehcatalano omg thank you for the clarification hahah in my mind Brooke was 1,62. Still, Ai my favourite 😂👌🏻

[@capricekruhy]

​@@gabehcatalano Mori is 154cm and Brooke is 157cm. Height should not be measured inaccurately using units that are not globally standard.

[@_kate_s]

While Ai Mori just lives on what would be if it would be, Brooke takes advantage of what she has. Comparing Bern 2023 and Olympic 2024 Brooke is one, who is growing most and Ai doesn't show any improvement.

[@mo.c3595]

​@@gabehcatalanoBrooke is 1.58 and ai 1.54

[@susane945]

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!! 😊😊😊

[@themagicalmystery3936]

I was definitely biased to Erin! I'm so glad she did so well. She really proved herself in the bouldering and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to know if she would end up placing. I'm so impressed with Janja managing to still perform her best after her injury. I think she is an inspiration to most of the other climbers who shared the stage with her. It was an awesome competition to watch and I can't wait for 2028

[@danbrocklehurst6714]

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.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

@@danbrocklehurst6714 we are extremely jealous. Except Natalie.

[@danbrocklehurst6714]

@ukclimbingofficial Had a sore throat after shouting for Toby. We knew it could happen, but for it all to come together on the day was just the best. I managed to speak to him briefly today as he walked right past where we were sitting, and his head was clearly still somewhere in the clouds.

[@MichaJamieGuthmann]

@@danbrocklehurst6714 i was there as well in person and had a very similar experience to you 😃 what an emotional rollercoaster in the best way possible

[@danbrocklehurst6714]

@MichaJamieGuthmann And not forgetting Hamish. So happy for him.

[@crazysrbinproduction1090]

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.

[@yyyy-uv3po]

Didn't know that, thanks for the input.

[@XLessThanZ]

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?

[@sean6387]

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

[@ukclimbingofficial]

That really would be the ultimate wouldn’t it?!

[@Orimthekeyacolite]

I mean, you could do combined in your head then😄 But separating boulder and lead makes sense

[@loonie5468]

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. :)

[@kuyajon]

Good thing no speed climbing on her head

[@charlesee1981]

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?

[@xstream_secretz]

If you would look back to it in slow motion and be familiar with climbing you would notice that it was in reach, she just didn't execute the move well enough. Her leg was not fully extended and she did not make any vertical height. The routesetters know very well what's doable and what's not.

[@charlesee1981]

@@xstream_secretz If you endorse a setup where you can't even start, I don't think this competition is fair.

[@anon95274]

She didn’t have enough leg power to jump. The starting foot hold was such that you can step on it at the right height for you and jump up. Ai has faced unfair setting before, this isn’t one of those occasions, and at some point her fans have to face that she has a glaring weakness she has not made any improvements on at all in the past few years

[@bgmail6858]

​@@charlesee1981Brooke is only 5:01 1" taller and had no difficulties. Not unfair, it's just that different athletes have different strengths. That's why some succeed where others fail in certain problems, then the reverse may be true on other problems.

[@japanknifemuseum5646]

@@anon95274 これはジャンプ大会でも、高飛び大会でも無い。競技のスタートさえ、できないようにするセッターは、たまたま偶然にコースを設定したのだろうか？ 第4ステージを見てみろ、彼女のテクニックが素晴らしい事がわかる。世界的にも天才クライマーと格付される森選手が0ポイントとなるステージなど、明らかに異常としか言いようが無い。もし第1ステージのセッターがまともで有れば、森選手が金メダルとなっていた事は確実だ。

[@lorenzomutal725]

such an incredible final

[@stampatron]

Exceptional coverage, thank you.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

🙏

[@DeanoDrives]

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

[@Cobinja]

In Los Angeles 2028, I would love to see speed, boulder, lead AND combined, like they did at the world championships in Bern.

[@jp2135744]

How can I watch the replay? Did Alex Honnald commentate?

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Depending on where you are in the world, either HBO+ or Discovery+. Alex Honnold was there, but I don't think he commentated on any of the various channels.

[@rscdo]

Is there any place to watch the finals women's and men's lead and boulder?

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Depending on where you are in the world, either HBO+ or Discovery+

[@aspmos]

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

[@10freekie2]

Which is a nice cliffhanger for those who don’t know yet and want to net be spoiled before watching this video :)

[@TTCanadaJapan]

Where can one watch this?

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Depending on where you are in the world either Discovery+ or HBO+

[@augustclimbing]

"Hugely entertaining and moderately terrifying"... so so true! Paris 2024 Sport Climbing was all we could have hoped for and more! I'm so excited for Brooke Raboutou 🇺🇸 🎉

[@LetsFeelAllRight]

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

[@user-el7ty6ir2j]

Where can watch the entire Olympic climbing competition?

[@santjuhstraver5657]

hbo x

[@mikeglo168]

Janja's legs look beat up at 11:23! Way to power thru. Congrats!

[@user-sn2if1ph6s]

The only thing I can say is that if you say this is fair, then it must be that boring of a sport.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Who should have won then?

[@thchomonolith]

Is the winner really happy? It's full of ratial discrimination. French course setter placed first holdstone beyond Moris height purposely.He is racist obviously. French should know Japanese become scorn for France for this.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Firstly, not all the setters are French. In fact, only one is - and I'm not even sure it was them that set that problem. Secondly, you are aware that Ai is almost exactly the same height as Brooke?! The issue isn't height, it's one of specialisation. Ai is a lead specialist who's weaker within bouldering - particularly when it comes to dynamic moves like that, which is why she struggled. It's got nothing to do with racial discrimination.

[@Hampshire87]

This is nonsense and annoying. I’m trying to watch the full tournament. Why isn’t it available?

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Your best bet is to subscribe to Discovery+ for £3.99, then cancel after you've watched it

[@emptytrash]

Wouldn't it be nicer to just show the video of the climbs instead of script reading and photo panning and stills of laptop and kitchen sink

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It’d also be nice to have the broadcasting rights, but we don’t 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lorenzomutal725]

@@ukclimbingofficial that considered, these are really good overviews and they're a nice way to process the finals for a second time! too intense while watching live 😵

[@philmcmeel8530]

Go watch someone else's video then 😆 jeez

[@gazclarke3618]

Almost like this is a recap for people who don’t have access to the broadcast of the event.

[@MichaJamieGuthmann]

Or how about everyone who watches the video gets a thousand pounds transferred to their bank accounts. That would EVEN nicer - why hasn't anyone thought of that 🤔