8B+ and two 8B's for Shauna Coxsey
Shauna Coxsey has just returned from a fruitful trip to La Pedriza, Spain, where she climbed two 8B boulders and an 8B+ in the space of just four climbing days.
In the first video of our daily Tokyo 2020 coverage, we have an exclusive interview with Great Britain's star of competition climbing, Shauna Coxsey, where she talks about her preparation, career and announcing her retirement. Mike Langley also talks us through how Sport Climbing will look in the Olympics and we hear from Natalie Berry who's down on the ground in Tokyo.
Stay tuned to UKC over the next week as we cover the climbing day by day.
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Return to Latest NewsOverall 1st place in the 2016 and 2017 IFSC Bouldering World Cup. Appointed MBE in 2016. Britain's first Sport Climbing athlete in Tokyo 2020.
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