"I enjoyed it"
Jessica Pilz storms into the climbing final in second place
Jessica Pilz from Lower Austria has confidently reached the final of the Olympic climbing competition in second place!
The former world champion improved significantly from sixth place after bouldering in the preliminary round of the lead competition in Le Bourget on Thursday with the third-best performance. Only the superior top favorite and defending champion Janja Garnbret from Slovenia was better than Pilz in the overall standings with 195.7 points. Pilz scored 156.9 points.
"I enjoyed the atmosphere and the climbing!"
"I wasn't as tense as I thought I would be," said Pilz after her confident performance. "I enjoyed the atmosphere and the climbing. I knew I had to deliver a performance and it worked out well." Coming fourth to last in the 20-strong field, she climbed the "quite homogeneous route" further than anyone else before her. Apart from Garnbret, only the Japanese climber Ai Mori made it further. "But everything starts from scratch again in the final," said Pilz, pointing out that second place doesn't give you an advantage.
"You can count exactly which grip has which point!"
Of course, the 27-year-old did not take her performance for granted. "Climbing into the final is no guarantee. You can have a bad round and be out." However, it is an advantage in lead climbing that you can keep a better eye on your own performance. "You can count exactly which hold has which point. In the middle of the route, I saw on the screen that I was seventh (in the intermediate ranking, note) and knew I needed a few more moves." In contrast to bouldering, the temperatures were lower and the wind was pleasant.
"I don't care what's going on around me!"
During the interviews, Pilz heard about the gold medal won by 470 sailors Lara Vadlau/Lukas Mähr off Marseille. However, she does not see any effect on herself, her own performance or the possible release of pressure. "It doesn't take the pressure off me. I just want to perform for myself and I don't care what happens around me." Jakob Schubert, who finished seventh in the Tokyo Games, will be keeping her fingers crossed for her fellow athlete Jakob Schubert on Friday. "I'm really rooting for him and hope that he can deliver his performance. He fully deserves it."
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