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This Gqeberha sportswoman is the only one who will be representing Africa in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics . Quite a few new sports have been added to the Olympic Games over the years, one of which includes sport climbing, which made its debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It is split up into three disciplines: boulder, lead and speed climbing .
” Speed climbing is currently the fastest Olympic sport, according to Jay-D Muller, Holder’s coach at the Valley Crag Indoor Climbing Centre in Gqeberha, as it involves completing a standardised 15m route in as short a time as possible. While the speed climbing community in South Africa is currently quite small, he anticipates that there will be a rise in young athletes competing in the sport over the next few years.
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