With the release of “The Wall – Climb for Gold” on selected channels following four athletes through their Olympic journey when sport climbing is included for the first time, we catch up with Shauna Coxsey to hear about her journey.

“The Wall – Climb for Gold” follows the climbers over a two-year period as they battle to make it through the qualifying events to get to Tokyo, for the first-ever Olympic climbing competition. The journey includes a gruelling season of competition and training that sees all their original plans in tatters as the Covid-19 pandemic forces the Olympics to be postponed. As they battle both mentally and physically enroute to the games, the film reveals an astonishing and inspiring insight into what it means to be an Olympian, and ultimately what it means to be human.

“The Wall - Climb for Gold” is being released globally on digital via Apple and Amazon Prime on 18th January 2022 The documentary is an intimate portrait into their lives: Brooke Raboutou (USA), Janja Garnbret (Slovenia), Miho Nonaka (Japan), Shauna Coxsey MBE (Great Britain). Shauna Coxsey, 28, is one of the most successful British climbers in history, with Bouldering World Cup titles in 2016 and 2017. Coxsey has fought to overcome serious injury, but hopes to continue her success with a record-shattering performance at the Olympics.

The other Adidas Terrex sponsored athletes included in the film are: Janja Garnbret, 22, was a child phenomenon and holds the most world titles under her belt in the sport. Heralded the greatest competition climber of all time and the overwhelming favourite for the Olympic title, she is under extraordinary pressure to deliver when it matters most. Brooke Raboutou, 20, is one of the youngest competitors at the Games and must balance training and being a student at UC-San Diego. Both Raboutou’s mother and father are legends of the sport, winning numerous World Cup titles in the 1990s and she hopes to continue the family success. Miho Nonaka, 24, the 2018 Bouldering World Cup champion, is a Tokyo native and must overcome all the extra pressure of representing her country in her home city.

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This is from our back catalogue, it was published on our YouTube Channel on 17th January 2022

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