In sports climbing, which became the first official event at the Tokyo Olympics, 18-year-old Korean prospect Seo Chae-hyeon lost the medal after failing to come back at the last minute.
Seo Chae-hyun finished in the bottom eighth place out of eight people with a total of 112 points in the women's combine sports climbing finals held at Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan.
The sports climbing combine determines the ranking based on the sum of the three events: speed, bouldering, and lead.
The lower the number multiplied by each stock rank, the higher the final rank.
Speed is an event in which you quickly climb a 15m high slope.
Bouldering is an event in which you have to cross 3 artificial structures on a rock wall in less than 4 minutes each.
Reed requires you to climb as high as possible on a 15-meter-high rock wall in 6 minutes.
Seo Chae-hyun, the youngest participant in the women's sports climbing division, was ranked 8th, the lowest in speed, the most vulnerable event.
We tried to make up for it in bouldering, but we were unable to complete any difficult tasks, so we ended up in 7th place.
Seo Chae-hyeon, who was behind the bottom of the 8th place, was aiming for a comeback in the lead, the most confident event.
Seo Chae-hyun took the lead in the last order because she took the lead in the preliminary round.
As a result of the previous 7 lead results, Seo Chae-hyun's middle rank had risen to 4th.
Leads are scored by the number of holds they touch each time they climb.
If you hang the rope on the quick draw installed at the highest point, it is 'Woodung'.
If you hold the last hold firmly and effectively reach for the next hold, a '+' is added.
Before Chae-Hyun Seo's turn, the lead No. 1 Yanya Garnbret (Slovenia) recorded 37+.
If Seo Chae-hyun succeeded in 38 or more, he could take the lead and make a comeback in third place.
Chae-Hyun Seo climbed without hesitation to 35+, but fell when reaching for the 36th hold.
In the end, Seo Chae-hyun finished the lead in 2nd place and the final ranking went down to 8th again.
Slovenia's Garnbrett took the gold medal with 5th speed, 1st bouldering and 1st lead, and Japan's Miho Nonaka and Akiyo Noguchi took silver and bronze medals respectively.
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