PARIS : Slovenia's Janja Garnbret could have nothing left to prove as arguably the most decorated athlete on earth, but the Olympic sport climbing crown she earned on Saturday was three years in the making, and she was willing to lose a finger for it.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Climbing - Women's Boulder & Lead, Final Lead - Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue, Le Bourget, France - August 10, 2024. Erin Janja Garnbret of Slovenia reacts Pool via REUTERS/Chrisophe EnaPARIS : Slovenia's Janja Garnbret could have nothing left to prove as arguably the most decorated athlete on earth, but the Olympic sport climbing crown she earned on Saturday was three years in the making, and she was willing to lose a finger for it.
Unusually for the eight-time world champion, that conclusion looked uncertain at one point when she failed to top her last boulder route after appearing to have hurt a finger. "But I had so much adrenaline that I didn't even care. I said to myself, 'I don't care if I'm missing a hand or a finger. I will go out there and climb the route.'"
Garnbret said that after winning gold at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, where the sport debuted in 2021, her mind was immediately focused on Paris.That journey proved rough, with a broken toe sustained at the start of the qualifier season. Garnbret, whose Instagram account includes a"FAILS" album as if to remind followers of her fallibility, confessed to struggling with fears, ups-and-downs,"the good days and bad days and everything in between".
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