10 Oct Sandra Lettner wins the first gold olympic medal in climbing history

Austrian climber Sandra Lettner is the first Olympic gold medal in the history of climbing and with her victory brings the white-red flag to fly over the skies of Buenos Aires in the Youth Olympics 2018.

With a fought and spectacular final, Sandra Lettner brings the first Olympic gold medal in Austria where her march in the three tests was in fact disarming: 2nd in the Lead, 3rd in the Boulder and 3rd in the Speed. On equal points, 18 for both, but second for a question of scores, the Slovenian Vita Lukan, which between the 6th place of the Speed and the 3rd of the Lead, there is the satisfaction of winning in Boulder. Third, the other Austrian Laura Lammer, 4th in Boulder and 5th in Lead but first in Speed that closes at 20 points. For the record, they closed the final classification, the German Hannah Meul (S4, B5 °, L1 °), the Russian Elena Krasovkaia (S2 °, B6 °, L4 °) and the Japanese Mao Nakamura (S5 °, B2 ° , L6 °).

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