Seo Chae-hyun grabs bronze in women's lead at climbing worlds in Seoul
Seo Chae-hyun of Korea competes in the lead event during the women's sport climbing combined final at the Paris Olympics at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, France, in this Aug. 10, 2024 file photo. Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoon
Seo Chae-hyun captured bronze in the women's lead event at the sport climbing world championships in Seoul on Friday for her third career medal at the competition.
Seo scored 44+ points in the women's lead final of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing World Championships at KSPO Dome inside Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul. Janja Garnbret of Slovenia won her third world title with a score of "top" for completing her climb, followed by her fellow Slovenian, Rosa Rekar, with 45 points.
Seo, 21, earlier won gold at the 2021 worlds and picked up bronze two years later.
In lead, the objective for climbers is to ascend as high as possible on a route set on a 15-meter wall within six minutes.
Climbers each earn 25 points for reaching and controlling the final top hold of a boulder problem and 10 points for reaching a designated zone hold and making a movement to stabilize or advance the climb. The "+" sign is added to their score if they move toward the next hold but fail to secure it. Climbers also lose 0.1 point for each unsuccessful attempt.