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Another shout-out, for a millisecond, to speed climbing. The races are usually very, very close: Wu, for example, defeated Matteo Zurloni of Italy in the quarterfinals, 4.995 seconds to 4.997 seconds.
Sam Watson climbed the 49-foot overhanging wall in 4.74 seconds, a new world record, ... set a world record in the men's sport climbing speed bronze race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
At a World Cup event in China in April, Watson broke the speed-climbing world record twice in one day: he clocked 4.85 sec. during his first qualification round, beating the previous mark of 4.90 ...
Samuel Watson (born February 27, 2006) [1] is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition speed climbing and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups. He holds the world record for the discipline at 4.74 seconds, accomplished at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris , France, where he took a bronze medal.
Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. [1] Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers. [2] Competition speed climbing, which takes place on an artificial and standardized climbing wall, is the main form of speed climbing.
Kiromal Katibin (born 21 August 2000) is an Indonesian competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing.He was the world record holder in speed climbing, with a time of 5.009 seconds recorded at 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Chamonix, France in July 2022, until it was broken by his compatriot Veddriq Leonardo in April 2023.
As of Tuesday, an 18-year-old from Texas can lay claim to being the fastest-ever Olympian – at least when it comes to traveling vertically.
During the second leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Wu finished in first place with an Asian record time of 4.90 seconds, and just 0.04 seconds shy of tying Sam Watson's world record time. [4] He finished first overall in the Olympic Qualifier Series rankings and qualified to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics.