Sport climber Lee Do-hyun took silver in the men’s bouldering and lead combined event on Friday, capitalizing on a phenomenal performance in the lead section to jump up the table and reach the podium.
Korea took bronze in both the men’s and women’s sport climbing speed relay on Wednesday night, earning the country’s first two medals in discipline on the second day of competition.
Catch a dyno in China as sport climbing makes its Asian Games return. Medals are again up for grabs as this year’s competition kicks off Tuesday.
Eighteen-year-old Seo Chae-hyun led the Korean contingent at the 2022 IFSC Climbing Asian Championship with two gold and a bronze medal, single-handedly accounting for nearly half of Korea’s seven podium finishes.
Sport climber Seo Chae-hyun secured her fifth podium finish of the 2022 International Federation of Sport Climbing season on Monday, taking second place in the women’s lead event at the Jakarta World Cup.
Seo Chae-hyun competes during the women's lead finals at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Moscow on Tuesday.
Korea's Seo Chae-hyun finished second in the women's sport climbing qualifications on Wednesday evening, advancing to the final and setting Korea up as a very strong medal contender in the Olympics' newest sport.
Chon Jong-won finished 10th in the sport climbing combined qualifications on Tuesday evening, failing to advance to the final at the Tokyo Olympics.
Two sport climbers, Seo Chae-hyun and Chon Jong-won, are preparing for a steep ascent to become Korea’s first sport climbing Olympians at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Seo Chae-hyun and Chon Jong-won are set to become Korea's first ever climbing Olympians, as sport climbing officially becomes a medal sport for the first time at the Tokyo Games.
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