Alex Honnold on What You Need to Know For Paris Olympics
Climbing will be taking place in its second Summer Olympic Games at the end of this month, here's a breakdown
The 2024 Paris Olympics start at the end of the month, and unlike in Tokyo, the sport of climbing is going to be split into two different disciplines in Paris: Boulder & Lead Combined and Speed. In total, 20 men and 20 women will compete in the Boulder & Lead Combined event. In Speed, 14 men and 14 women will face off.
In a new video from the Climbing Gold podcast, rock climbing legend Alex Honnold breaks down what you need to know heading into the Olympics, watch below. The climbing events in the Olympics run from Aug. 5 to 10, with the men’s Boulder & Lead final being held on Aug. 9 and the women’s Boulder & Lead final being held on Aug. 10. Below are the 40 climbers in Boulder & Lead Combined, their nationality, and how they secured their Olympic qualifying ticket.
WOMEN
- Janja Garnbret (SLO) – 1st at World Championships 2023
- Jessica Pilz (AUT) – 2nd at World Championships 2023
- Ai Mori (JPN) – 3rd at World Championships 2023
- Oriane Bertone (FRA) – 1st at European Qualifier
- Natalia Grossman (USA) – 1st at Pan American Games
- Yuetong Zhang (CHN) – 1st at Asian Qualifier
- Oceania Mackenzie (AUS) – 1st at Oceania Qualifier
- Lauren Mukheibir (RSA) – 1st at African Qualifier
- Brooke Raboutou (USA) – 1st at OQS
- Miho Nonaka (JPN) – 2nd at OQS
- Erin McNeice (GBR) – 3rd at OQS
- Chaehuyn Seo (KOR) – 4th at OQS
- Zhilu Luo (CHN) – 5th at OQS
- Ievgeniia Kazbekova (UKR) – 6th at OQS
- Mia Krampl (SLO) – 8th at OQS
- Lucia Dörffel (GER) – 9th at OQS
- Zélia Avezou (FRA) – 10th at OQS
- Camilla Moroni (ITA) – 11th at OQS
- Laura Rogora (ITA) – 12th at OQS
- Molly Thompson-Smith (GBR) – 13th at OQS
MEN
- Jakob Schubert (AUT) – 1st at World Championships 2023
- Colin Duffy (USA) – 2nd at World Championships 2023
- Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) – 3rd at World Championships 2023
- Toby Roberts (GBR) – 1st at European Qualifier
- Jesse Grupper (USA) – 1st at Pan American Games
- Sorato Anraku (JPN) – 1st at Asian Qualifier
- Campbell Harrison (AUS) – 1st at Oceania Qualifier
- Mel Janse van Rensburg (RSA) – 1st at African Qualifier
- Dohyun Lee (KOR) – 1st at OQS
- Sam Avezou (FRA) – 2nd at OQS
- Adam Ondra (CZE) – 3rd at OQS
- Alberto Ginés López (ESP) – 4th at OQS
- Hannes van Duysen (BEL) – 5th at OQS
- Paul Jenft (FRA) – 6th at OQS
- Yannick Flohé (GER) – 8th at OQS
- Hamish McArthur (GBR) – 9th at OQS
- Sascha Lemann (SUI) – 10th at OQS
- Alex Megos (GER) – 11th at OQS
- Luka Potočar (SLO) – 12th at OQS
- Yufei Pan (CHN) – 13th at OQS
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