Watson climbs into the quarter-finals in world record time | Speed ​​climbing Olympics 2024

The men's qualifying round was on the second day of the speed competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Sam Watson climbed into the quarter-finals with a new world record time of 4.75 seconds.

Things also happened quickly for the men today. After Leonardo Veddriq flew up the wall in the existing world record time of 4.79, the American Sam Watson went one better a little later. Watson set a new world record of 4.75 seconds.

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A particularly emotional moment was the Frenchman Bassa Mawem's entry into the semi-finals. He beat his opponent Yaroslav Tkach from Ukraine by just one hundredth of a second - his brother Mikael Mawem and his family and the entire stadium were beside themselves.

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Top 10 Speed ​​Climbing Qualification Olympics 2024

NOCNameTime
INALEONARDO Veddriq4.98
KAZMAIMURATOV Amir4.94
USAWATSON Sam4.75 WR
ITAZURLONI Matteo5.06
CHNWU Peng5.00
IRIALIPOUR SHENAZANDIFARD Reza5.26
FromMAWEM Bassa5.16 =PB

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