Sport climber Lee Do-hyun grabs silver in men's boulder
NAGOYA, Japan — Sport climber Lee Do-hyun seized silver in the men's boulder event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday for Korea's first medal from the sport here. Lee scored 49.7 points to finish second behind the Japanese star Sorato Anraku, who earned 74.5 point at Portmesse Nagoya Exhibition Hall in Nagoya. Tomoa Narasaki of Japan got the bronze with 44.9 points. This was Lee's…
Nagoya, Japan witnessed Lee Do-hyun's silver-medal win in the men's boulder event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. The Korean climber claimed the second spot behind Japanese athlete Sorato Anraku, who scored 74.5 points. Tomoa Narasaki of Japan secured the bronze with 44.9 points. Lee Do-hyun's second consecutive Asian Games silver came after his 2023 win in the combined event.
Boulder involves scaling the most routes in the least number of attempts on 4-meter walls, with climbers earning 25 points for completing a route (Top) and 10 points for reaching a midway hold (Zone). They lose 0.1 point for each failed attempt. The maximum score achievable is 100 points, with the final consisting of four problems.
Lee Do-hyun did not score on his first attempt, while Anraku achieved a perfect 25, and Narasaki landed 24.9 points. However, Lee bounced back to earn 24.9 and then 24.8 points in the next two boulders. Anraku scored 24.8 in the second and 24.7 in the third.
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