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40 Terms to Help You Understand Olympic Sport Climbing

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If you’re new either to climbing (the sport) or Sport Climbing (the Olympic event), you may be baffled by all the jargon. These are the terms the announcers are using.

https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/40-climbing-terms-olympics/
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