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This is also why every climber complained about speed climbing being a part of the climbing competition in the previous Olympics. It's an entirely different di
by carlmr 2y ago
This is also why every climber complained about speed climbing being a part of the climbing competition in the previous Olympics.
It's an entirely different discipline. Seeing lead climbers compete in speed climbing is like seeing Eliud Kipchoge matched up with Usain Bolt for sprinting.
Boulder and lead are at least somewhat related, although I still think it would be nice to see separate competitions here, too.
- Sander_Marechal 2y agoI hope they do split up bouldering and lead next olympics. At least for Ai Mori's sake!
- spuz 2y agoIndeed they will separate them at the 2028 LA Olympics. There will be 3 separate medals for boulder, lead and speed.
- KaiserPro 2y ago> This is also why every climber complained about speed climbing not every climber. Its clearly a different discipline. Thats why boldering/lead is separate from speed climbing. But then lead is different to top rope and sport different to trad. And indoor is very different to outdoor.
- carlmr 2y ago> not every climber. Its clearly a different discipline. Thats why boldering/lead is separate from speed climbing. It wasn't separate in the previous Olympics, that's my point. >But then lead is different to top rope and sport different to trad. And indoor is very different to outdoor. Except for trad most climbers I know do a mix of all of these. Speed climbing is just so different from everything else that I don't even know one climber out of the hundred or so that I know that does it regularly.
- ebiester 2y agoI do think it'd be amazing to see a "decathlon-like" competition where runners were measured in the 100, 1500, and 10k cross country, though. Figuring out how to even it out would be a chore, though.