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Adam Ondra Interview and Video

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Adam Ondra climbing in the IFSC Worldcup event at Puurs in Belgium  © Hubert Canart
Adam Ondra climbing in the IFSC Worldcup event at Puurs in Belgium
© Hubert Canart
Adam Ondra continues to out perform everyone else which he demonstrated by winning the lastest Worldcup event in Puurs in Belgium. In the final he made an astonishing 4 minute 30 second ascent of the route - report here and video below.

Belclimb has published an interview with Adam which has been translated into English here.

"I made my first moves when I was 4 years old but really started climbing when I was 6."
"If they would dedicate more time to rock climbing, who knows which new landmarks they would set for the sport."

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Born in the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra has built up a decorated career since his early competitions, winning his first World Championships medal in 2009 in lead climbing. He was a favourite for Tokyo 2020 gold, but an...

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30 Sep, 2009
"I made my first moves when I was 4 years old but really started climbing when I was 6." late starter then.
30 Sep, 2009
There's an even better video by Udo Neumann which I have added to the news item now - http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=49556 Thanks for finding that other one. Alan
30 Sep, 2009
Ondra just makes it look effortless! The first "stopper" move of the red triangular feature Adam left two minutes before the other two. Awesome!
30 Sep, 2009
Any idea of the grade of that climb? Not that grades matter...
1 Oct, 2009
"I wouldn’t say that I’m stronger now. It’s just that I was not that tall right then." Wow that surprises me. How hard did he climb 5 years ago. Such an impressive performance from all of them. Good video UKC. James
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