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Samuel Watson (born February 27, 2006) [1] is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition speed climbing and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups. He holds the world record for the discipline at 4.74 seconds, accomplished at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris , France, where he took a bronze medal.
Sam Watson climbed the 49-foot overhanging wall in 4.74 seconds, a new world record, but had to settle for bronze. ... Sam Watson (L) set a world record in the men's sport climbing speed bronze ...
Team USA’s Sam Watson wins ahead of Iran’s Reza Alipour Shenazandifard in the men’s sport climbing speed bronze race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 8, 2024.
Sam Watson competes in the men’s speed final at the Pan American Games Santiago 2023, on Oct. 22, 2023. Lena Drapella—IFSC The Olympic speed-climbing competition will feature 14 athletes in ...
Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. [1] ... Samuel Watson Wujiang, China World Cup: April 12, 2024 4.859 [16] Samuel Watson
USA Climbing is the national governing body of the sport of competition climbing in the United States. [1] As a 501(c)3 non-profit, they promote Sport Climbing which comprises three competition disciplines: bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, in elite, youth and collegiate formats.
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[5] [6] During the semifinals of the men's speed event, he defeated world record holder Sam Watson to advance to the final. In the event final, he won a silver medal with a personal best time of 4.77 seconds, finishing 0.02 seconds behind Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo. [7] [8]