Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw took an early lead in the women's Olympic climbing qualifiers in Tokyo on Wednesday with a 6.97 second run in the opening speed event, coming within a hair's breadth of the world record as the sport makes its Games debut.
In the speed contest, a vertical sprint up a 15-metre wall, Iuliia Kaplina of the Russian Olympic Committee, who holds the world record of 6.96 seconds, was in fifth place with a time of 7.65 seconds. She left the stage in tears after falling at the last moment of her second run.Speed is the first of three disciplines in the climbing equivalent of the triathlon, with rankings combined to determine the top eight performers who will go through to Friday's final.
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