14 August 2024

Janja is human after all

Since Janja Garnbret won the Olympic gold in Tokyo, she has participated in 24 IFSC World Cups/Euro and World Championships. Out of these, three times she has been runner-up and 21 times she has won. The pressure she faced in Paris must have been immense and we reported that "this was possibly her biggest emotional reaction to winning a competition."

In an breathtaking Instagram report, she says. "I can’t explain how many times in the past 3 months I cried and broke down in the middle of training. So many ‘what if’s’ and doubts but at the end of the day I believed in myself and in my preparation. I don’t know if many people realize how hard it is to be the favorite and to deliver over and over again and honestly, I have no idea how I made it happen."

The 25-year-old Slovenian finishes up, "... still it was the hardest competition I’ve ever done."
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