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Tokyo 2020: Sport climbing to make debut at Olympic Games
Sport climbing will be one of five new events at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games.
Climbing at the event is a combination of three different disciplines - lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The overall winner is based on which athlete performs the best across all three disciplines.
It has been described as a “full-body sport” and participants will need a “strategic mind” to plan their routes up the wall.
Alongside Sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding, karate, baseball (men) and softball (women) will also be debuting at the Olympics.
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