Olympic climbers' friendship puts them on path to medal podium

Team USA's Brooke Raboutou and Slovenia's Janja Garnbret are friends off the wall, even spending time training together.

If you watch the competition, you will see that she indeed fell on the floor while reading the Olympic final route with the other girls, in ...

Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou cried together in joy and they hugged after the boulder and lead sport climbing final at the Paris Games.

LE BOURGET, France -- Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou cried together in joy as they hugged after the boulder and lead sport climbing ...

Mia Krampl, a professional rock climber from Slovenia, was in tears when she stepped onto the podium in third place at an Olympic qualifying ...

On Team ABC Boulder, the rising stars developed a friendship and, in the case of Raboutou and Grossman, planted the seeds for a budding ...

... Olympics and claim the medal that destiny has reserved for him. ... climbing and the tactics Cornell used to help him send the route.

"We have an incredible friendship where we both want each other to do our best," said Raboutou, the 23-year-old American, who trained in ...

... putting them at the bottom of the field going into the lead final. ... climbing to 88.1 points and pushing Erin McNeice off of the podium.

Toby Roberts secured Team GB their first-ever Olympic sport climbing medal after winning the men's Boulder & Lead final at Paris 2024.

Paris 2024 Olympic Team · Colin Duffy · Natalia Grossman · Jesse Grupper · Zachary Hammer · Emma Hunt · Piper Kelly · Brooke Raboutou · Sam Watson.

Sport climber Brooke Raboutou has used the years between Tokyo and Paris to grow her knowledge and strength.

Bouldering&Lead: Toby Roberts wins the gold medal ahead of Sorato Anraku and Jakob Schubert at the Olympic Games in Paris.

I got to meet other athletes, I got to hang out with my team. [In climbing] we never spend much time together on the road, everyone's kind of ...

"I cannot compare them. I will forever be the first ever Olympic gold medalist in climbing, but defending the title is also sweet, if not even ...

“I have been working really, really hard. I have big goals and dreams and I was really proud of the climbing I put in today. I still feel like I ...

... put the Tokyo Olympics gold medal. I'm guessing the Paris one is ... climbing and the tactics Cornell used to help him send the route.

The post sparked a huge response, sending ripples throughout the climbing community and attracted support from the likes of US rock climber ...

LE BOURGET, France — Brooke Raboutou of Team USA became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in sport climbing on Saturday ...

In an emotional finale, Team GB's Toby Roberts won gold ahead of Japan's Sorato Anraku and Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Jakob Schubert of Austria.