U.S. speed climber Sam Watson is going for a world record in Paris.
Sam Watson competes in the men’s speed qualification at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 22, 2023.f American Sam Watson wins the inaugural Olympic gold medal in speed climbing—the new stand-alone event in which athletes scale a 15-m wall in around five sec., or less—he’ll have some pretty sweet bragging rights.
Sam Watson competes in the men’s speed qualification during the IFSC World Cup in Wujiang, China, on Apr. 12, 2024.Though Watson was never adept at running or playing traditional stick and ball sports, he could always climb. At 2 years old, he scaled a pool fence after giving himself a boost with a chair. At 4, he wedged himself between two pillars in his family’s house and ascended the structures with his feet and hands. “It would scare my parents, because it was like 20 ft. high,” says Watson.
A COVID-era growth spurt gave Watson more power: he sprouted from 5 ft., 2 in. to about 5-ft., 7 in. He expected to qualify for Paris at the climbing world championships in August, in Bern, Switzerland. But he finished in 71st place. “I was just so focused on that being the best day ever,” says Watson. “Instead, it was the worst.” Watson started working with a new climbing coach after those worlds to prep for the Pan American Games, in Santiago, Chile, in November.
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