Janja Garnbret

Most Olympians skipped the Lead World Cup in Slovenia, but the field remained world class.

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Sport Climbing was exhausting to watch, four days of high-level focus from the athletes and spectators. It was at times a bumpy and confusing road with many forks, most generated by an oddball scoring system. Here, we present the highs and lows.

The best in the world dominated Boulder finals while Raboutou's strong showing puts her in good shape heading into Lead finals, where the Gold, Silver and Bronze in climbing's first-ever Olympics will be determined.

The country might be small, but its climbing team is mighty and includes the best of all time

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Rain prematurely ends women's competition, Japan men's sweeps, complaints of prolonged camera close up of Austria’s Johanna Färber

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Twelve athletes have just earned their places in the final round of this weekend's Bouldering World Cup. Among them: Four Americans! In the lead are the usual suspects: Janja Garnbret and Tomoa Narasaki

Unsurprisingly, Janja Garnbret topped all five boulders to steal the round. And America's team had a good showing as well.