Immediately after she fell off of the lead climbing wall in Paris on Thursday morning, Brooke Raboutou looked into the camera and smiled wide.
Brooke Raboutou of the United States competes in the women’s boulder and lead, semi-final boulder, sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Le Bourget, France.
She barely fell short before losing her grip and gliding down, instead settling for third heading into Saturday’s finals. Raboutou will be entering the final competition with a combined score of 155.8, netting an 83.7 in bouldering and a 72.1 in lead, and well within striking distance of a silver medal. The defending gold medalist, Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret, blew away the rest of the field with a 195.7, followed by Austria’s Jessica Pilz at 156.9.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Olympic sport climber Brooke Raboutou was the ultimate student-athlete at USDWhat did you do after graduating college?
Read more »
Meet Brooke Raboutou, Team USA sport climbing star competing in boulder and leadBrooke Raboutou, one of Team USA’s star sport climbers, will be competing in the combined bouldering and lead semifinals at the Paris Olympics on…
Read more »
Olympic climber Brooke Raboutou shares special bond with world champion parentsBrooke Raboutou comes from a family of climbers. As she gears up for a second Olympic journey, the 23-year-old athlete talks about their special bond.
Read more »
Robot excavators to build rocket blast shield walls using lunar bouldersA team of researchers has come up with the idea to use autonomous robots like hydraulic excavators to build stone walls on the moon.
Read more »
Paris Olympics Day 7: Richardson wins first-ever race, Marchand remains perfect in ParisSha’Carri Richardson won her first-ever race at the Olympics and Australia’s swimmers and Léon Marchand continued their dominance in the pool on Day 7 of the Paris Games.
Read more »
Stanford in Paris: Stanford Athletes That Participated in the Paris OlympicsThe Summer Olympics in Paris are here. In what was a record-breaking year, 60 current and former Stanford Cardinal athletes were selected to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here is how each of them has performed.
Read more »