Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Sport Climbing - Men's Bouldering - Final - Aomi Urban Sports Park - Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Adam Ondra of Czech Republic in action REUTERS/Yara Nardi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Route setters will be in the spotlight in the women's Olympic climbing final on Friday after problems in the bouldering round that progressed from straightforward to effectively impossible proved a major turning point in the mens' final.
In bouldering, the second of three events in the combined competition in Tokyo, competitors attempt to solve a series of problems -- climbing puzzles -- set along a low wall by route setters, who design the climbing challenges.
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