Natalia Grossman is going to the 2024 Olympics

Natalia Grossman secured her Olympic ticket to Paris by winning the2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. Previously, Team USA had pocketed three Olympic spots which went to Jesse Grupper, Sam Watson and Piper Kelly. Watson and Kelly both secured spots in speed. Grossman, first won the Boulder round getting 84.3 points and 14.9 points ahead of Brooke Raboutou. When later, Grossman got 88.1 points in Lead, she secured her Paris ticket, although Raboutou was yet to climb. In the end, Raboutou was runner-up 7 points behind.
(c) Complete results
Grossman commented to IFSC: “I feel just so grateful and proud of all the work I have put in. I changed a lot in this past couple of months, in my climbing and in my life, and to see it pay off feels really good. I tend to run really warm when I’m climbing, for some reason, which is funny. So I always have fans on, and even though it was pretty cold tonight, I still had three fans to keep my hands cold. Although I’ve put some pants on for the Lead route, because it got a little chilly!

My friend Oscar was holding his finger up, like, ‘First!’, and I almost didn’t believe it. I wanted to wait until I saw it, just because people tend to say things before they happen… it was a very surreal moment!” (c) Lena Drapella/IFSC