Route setters will be in the spotlight in the women's Olympic climbing final on Friday after problems in the bouldering round that progressed from straightforward to effectively impossible proved a major turning point in the mens' final.
In bouldering, the second of three events in the combined competition in Tokyo, competitors attempt to solve a series of problems -- climbing puzzles -- set along a low wall by route setters, who design the climbing challenges.
"It's always a big failure for the route setters if no-one gets to the top on one boulder," said the Czech Republic's Adam Ondra, who had been a medal favourite heading into the finals but eventually finished sixth overall. In the end just one climber, the eventual silver medallist Nathaniel Coleman of the United States, was able to solve the second problem.
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