The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony is exactly one year away and Utah climber Natalie Grossman doesn't even want to think about it.
However, her competition next week or the one after just might be enough for Grossman to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics."I just have to trust the process," she said with a smile. "I would probably be pretty speechless. I don't know. I mean, it would be an honor and it would be really cool, especially watching the Olympics every summer growing up."For the Paris Olympics, boulder and lead will be combined for one medal.
"It's definitely beneficial for, I would say, most athletes. Many climbers are not the best at speed," Grossman said. "The speed climbers are very specialized in speed and are great at doing that." "I would say in the past three years, after COVID, the team has definitely improved. We kind of used to be the underdogs but now you see us in the finals of almost every World Cup," Grossman said.
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