An 18-Year-Old From Spain Wins The First Ever Olympic Gold Medal In Climbing
Several athletes were tied for first as they began the final climb. The elite climbers faced off in three events, testing their speed as well as their problem-solving.
TOKYO — In an upset, 18-year-old Spaniard Alberto Ginés López has taken the first-ever Olympic gold medal in sport climbing, edging out U.S. climber Nathaniel Coleman. Jakob Schubert of Austria won bronze.
Seven of the top male climbers in the world faced off on a wall in Tokyo on Thursday evening local time, as two announcers – a woman speaking in Japanese and a man speaking in English – gave live commentary and a DJ blasted upbeat music. Break
