Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman built confidence, reached new heights as climber

Natalia Grossman may be one of the only athletes who credits her confidence in competition to not making an Olympic team.

Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman competes for Team USA during the Women’s Boulder & Lead semifinal during the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday in Paris. PARIS —

Team USA climber Natalia Grossman, a Santa Cruz native, reacts during the Women’s Boulder & Lead semifinals at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday in Paris. Grossman, 22, has lassoed that belief and her talents to the top of the sport with no top-out in sight. “That was kind of a challenge at first,” Grossman said, “because I went a little ham last year and overtrained a bit.”

The change doesn’t seem to have affected the confidence Grossman built during that Tokyo Olympics year. She showed immaculate precision in taking down a boulder during Tuesday’s Olympic semifinals.NBC would be ‘really thrilled’ to have Snoop Dogg back for future Olympics

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