10 August 2024
Comments from Brooke, Janja and Jessy
IFSC has published comments from the three medallists: ยฉ Drapella/Virt/IFSC
#1 Garnbret: โI was really scared because my finger got stuck in between two holes (of a hold) and I couldn't get it out. So I was scared that I had fractured something, and I already fractured exactly this finger ten years ago. I was scared I did it again, but I had so much adrenaline that I didn't even care. I said to myself, 'I don't care if I'm missing a hand or a finger, I will go out there and climb the route. It doesn't feel broken. I can move it. I will check when I come back to Slovenia, but I think nothing too serious.โ
#2 Raboutou: โBeing in France, being half French, and having my French family out here, and the support from the crowd, I did feel it.
This was just the dream. We [I and Janja] have an incredible friendship, where we both want each other to do our best. That's what happened today, and it feels really good to share that with somebody. To share that connection as both a friend and an idol is incredible. I look up to her so much, and I'm so grateful for the support she's given me as well.โ
#3 Pilz: โI just feel comfortable on the Lead wall. I feel comfortable there and always much more excited. You don't know exactly what's coming. But in the Lead, I knew that if I climbed as easily as I did in the semi and could simply deliver my performance, then I could go far. I'm just happy that it worked out that way.โ
#1 Garnbret: โI was really scared because my finger got stuck in between two holes (of a hold) and I couldn't get it out. So I was scared that I had fractured something, and I already fractured exactly this finger ten years ago. I was scared I did it again, but I had so much adrenaline that I didn't even care. I said to myself, 'I don't care if I'm missing a hand or a finger, I will go out there and climb the route. It doesn't feel broken. I can move it. I will check when I come back to Slovenia, but I think nothing too serious.โ
#2 Raboutou: โBeing in France, being half French, and having my French family out here, and the support from the crowd, I did feel it.
This was just the dream. We [I and Janja] have an incredible friendship, where we both want each other to do our best. That's what happened today, and it feels really good to share that with somebody. To share that connection as both a friend and an idol is incredible. I look up to her so much, and I'm so grateful for the support she's given me as well.โ
#3 Pilz: โI just feel comfortable on the Lead wall. I feel comfortable there and always much more excited. You don't know exactly what's coming. But in the Lead, I knew that if I climbed as easily as I did in the semi and could simply deliver my performance, then I could go far. I'm just happy that it worked out that way.โ
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