World Record Broken In New Olympics Sport

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Sport climbing was introduced to the Olympics in Tokyo 2020, but saw its world record shattered in Paris.

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Sport climbing is a form of competitive indoor rock climbing.

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Interestingly, the person with the world record only won bronze in Paris 2024.

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That person is USA's Samuel Watson, who lost to no. 1-seed Wu Peng of China in the semis of the Men's Speed event.

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Up against Iran's Reza Alipour, Watson smashed the world record with a time of 4.74 seconds in the bronze medal match.

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In the final, Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo won the gold medal with a time of 4.75s, just 0.01 less than Watson.

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In fact, Leonardo and Wu-Peng were separated by only 0.02s in the final.

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