Garnbret makes it a hat trick by winning the Boulder and Lead gold in Munich

Janja Garnbret took her third gold in the European Championship by winning the Boulder & Lead event. First, she did all four boulders in five tries meaning she scored 99.9 points. Then the Slovenian and best-ever female competition climber in history, although only 23 years old, topped the Lead route with ease getting a total score of 199.9 points. Runner-up was Mia Krampl, also from Slovenia, who did three boulders and two zones, as well as topping the Lead route, scoring 180.9 points. Jessica Pilz, from Austria, took bronze scoring 180.6 points as she used three more attempts doing the three boulders.

Garnbret commented: "“Being three-times European champion sounds good, but it feels even better. One shelf broke not long ago. The things on it were too heavy. If it’s too small I will buy a bigger one, but when I look at my cabinet and medals I’m like ‘Whoa, when did this happen?’ because time flies as I’m competing so much and sometimes you have to stop and realise what you have achieved because it is incredible.”

IFSC has the full report with more quotes from more athletes and the complete result. Photo: Jan Virt/IFSC