Olympics-Climbing-Slovenian Garnbret tops qualifier as Britain's Coxsey bows out

TOKYO -Slovenian medal favourite Janja Garnbret advanced to the women's Olympic climbing final in first place, as Britain's Shauna Coxsey bade farewell to professional climbing after being eliminated in Wednesday's qualifier.

The 22-year-old admitted to feeling nervous in her first Games appearance, but began to relax more as the competition went on. The youngest contender, 17-year-old South Korean Seo Chaehyun, came in second, surpassing the rest of the field to grip the 40th hold during the lead event, by far the highest climb of the night.Her performance comes after U.S. teen Colin Duffy - just a month Seo's junior - came in third in the men's qualifier on Tuesday, in a strong display of up-and-coming talent in the sport.

Polish speed specialist Aleksandra Miroslaw, who came within a hair's breadth of matching the world record of 6.96 seconds in the opener, struggled during bouldering and placed second-to-last in lead, to finish seventh overall.

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