Tomoko Ogawa has repeated Dai Koyamada's Catharsis at Shiobara, Japan, thereby becoming the first woman to repeat a confirmed 8B+.

In her blog, she says she has worked the problem on and off for three years.

I will try to get in touch with Tomoko to hear what she has to say about this.

Tomoko Ogawa is sponsored by: adidas and Mad Rock