Climbing Seo Chae-hyun, I Want a Medal
National sports climbing team member Seo Chae-hyun (20, Seoul City Hall, North Face) shared her thoughts after successfully advancing to the finals for the second consecutive Olympics.
Seo Chae-hyun earned 72.4 points in the lead semifinals of the women's combined (bouldering + lead) sports climbing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Le Bourget Climbing Stadium in Paris, France on the 8th (local time).
Seo Chae-hyun, who had previously ranked 13th in bouldering with 44.2 points, has now secured her spot in the finals by moving up to 8th place with a combined score of 116.3 points in bouldering and lead. 바카라사이트 추천
Seo Chae-hyun said, "I didn't think the lead was difficult, but I was nervous because I thought I had to turn it over here and it was my last chance to advance to the finals," and added, "It was much harder than I thought, but I endured it and climbed."
She then confessed, "I tried not to think about having to turn it over," and "I just thought about showing off my climbing skills, but I kept thinking that I had to turn it over."
The semifinals of the sport climbing combined award tickets to the finals to the top eight climbers by adding up the scores for the bouldering and lead events, each worth a full 100 points.
Bouldering is an event where climbers must climb an artificial structure (hold) installed on a 4.5m high rock wall within a set time, while lead climbers compete to see how high they can climb on a hold installed on a 15m high rock wall in six minutes.
In the finals, the semifinal scores are reset, and the scores are added up by completing both bouldering and lead events in one day.
Seo Chae-hyun's advance to the finals is the second time, following the Tokyo Olympics.
At that time, Seo Chae-hyun finished the competition in 8th place.
At that time, the combined event included bouldering, lead, and speed, and Seo Chae-hyun, who was not familiar with speed, showed weakness.
However, speed was separated into a separate medal event at the Paris Olympics, so the possibility of a medal increased.
Seo Chae-hyun is the combined women's silver medalist at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and is ranked 18th in bouldering, 3rd in lead, and 4th in the world rankings for bouldering and lead combined.
Seo Chae-hyun said, "I couldn't fully enjoy the semifinals because of the pressure of advancing to the finals," and added, "There's no such pressure in the finals, and I think I'll get good results if I fully enjoy the stage.
Rather than being greedy for a medal, I want to truly enjoy the stage and come back." She added,
Of course I want a medal, but right now I'm so happy just to have made it to the finals.
She added, "In the finals, I have to try even if my hands bleed, and I have to push through confidently because it's the last."
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