Tokyo 2020 - First-ever women’s climbing Olympic gold won by Slovenian favourite Janja Garnbret

Published 06/08/2021 at 14:39 GMT

The Slovenian is a six-time world champion and was the stand-out climber going into the competition. And she delivered in style, producing the top performances in both the bouldering and lead stages of the three-discipline competition. You want it? We have it. Stream every Olympic event live on discovery+.

Miho Nonaka of Team Japan, Janja Garnbret of Team Slovenia and Akiyo Noguchi of Team Japan celebrate during the Sport Climbing Women's Combined Final on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Aomi Urban Sports Park on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Ja

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Janja Garnbret lived up to her favourite billing to become the first woman to win Olympic gold in climbing.

The Slovenian is a six-time world champion and was the stand-out climber going into the competition.

And she delivered in style, producing the top performances in both the bouldering and lead stages of the three-discipline competition.

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Garnbret was fifth in the dramatic speed discipline, which was won in a world-record time of 6.84 seconds by speed specialist Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland.

But the 22-year-old Slovenian was always expected to win the other two events, and produced a stunning display in the bouldering, completing two of the three challenges, with no other competitor in the final managing a single one.

That left the lead event, a challenging wall climb with a six-minute time limit, where the winner is the climber to reach the highest point.

And Garnbret managed to climb further than anyone else to secure her gold medal by a remarkable margin.

Hosts Japan secured both silver and bronze courtesy of Miho Nonaka and Akiyo Noguchi.

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