I was skeptical of climbing in the Olympics. The format especially had me worried, but man, the way the women's finals worked out couldn't have been better. You don't get a better podium than Akiyo, Miho, and Janja.
I'm gonna miss watching Akiyo compete.
@fawizium Honestly, you can get almost all of the strength you need just by climbing. I know a woman who climbs V10ish and never trains on a hangboard.
@TonySupremeuk FYI, she's one of the greats in the sport, just at the end of her competition climbing career. If climbing had been in the games before now, she'd have had a medal at the least.
I was skeptical of climbing in the Olympics. I'm still not a fan of the format for this year, but I must say, I'm fully converted. The setters did a good job, and the qualifiers for both men and women were exciting.
The Mawem Brothers are awesome. Janja is the GOAT. I'm stoked.
@chesscom_in I'm canceling my premium account. Fair play is the most important thing when looking for an online chess platform, and I no longer have faith that you can handle that.
@IbrahimNadeem10@MagnusCarlsen He's the world champion, arguably the best to ever do it. He can ratio any chess player.
Except for @anishgiri, the world champion of ratios.
@Ashevil72765408 @GlassHousePedro@GothamChess As much as I love Levy, there were points today where even Magnus was struggling to find the move. Go to Gotham and @agadmator for the recaps after, but I'd catch the @chess24com stream during the games.