Climbing - Coxsey hanging her hopes on Olympic quest

FILE PHOTO: British sport climber Shauna Coxsey poses for a portrait at the Climbing centre in Liverpool, Britain February 21, 2017. Toby Ziff/courtesy of Red Bull Content Pool/via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - For an athlete with her sights set on competing at next year's Tokyo Olympics, Britain's Shauna Coxsey spends an awful lot of her time simply hanging around. She is good at it too.

The 26-year-old is a two-times World Cup winner in the competition climbing discipline of bouldering -- a sport requiring dexterity bordering on contortionism, strength, a penchant for puzzle-solving and iron fingers.