DThe winner of the first Olympic sports climbing competition is Stefan Glowacz. This is not a reminder. This is a fact. Of course, the competition is on the verge of the Olympics. This is a model competition won by Glowacz in 1992-as part of the Albertville (France) Winter Games. They were looking for additional indoor sports for the Winter Olympics, and Glowacz knew then that sports climbing was not an ideal candidate: “It won’t work,” he said. Didn’t do it either. It was not until nearly 30 years later that Olympic medals were awarded for the first time in Tokyo. “I’m very happy that rock climbing is now an Olympic sport,” said Glovac, 56, who is a famous professional climber and extreme climber. “I just appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time. In my heyday, I wanted to participate in the Olympics.”
20 women and 20 men succeeded. “This is a tense area,” said the national team coach Urs Stöcker. Especially because in Tokyo, only one set of medals is awarded to women and men. Rock climbing is a colorful and diverse sport. Competitive rock climbing alone has three disciplines. In addition, there are a wide variety of rocks on the rocks, not to mention special forms such as ice climbing. Each of these forms has special requirements, requires different skills, and creates its own experience. Climbers like this diversity, which is a big attraction of this sport. This is a problem when you face the task of choosing the best climbers in the world in a single game. It’s like being in Tokyo now.
