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  1. olympics.com › en › newsSam Watson: Top things to know about speed world record holder

    May 6, 2024 · At the IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2024, his best time would come in at a rapid 4.79 seconds to set a new standard for men’s speed climbing. On Sunday (5 May), the PanAm Games champion won the speed title at the World Cup event in Salt Lake City with a time of 4.89 seconds, just shy of setting yet another new record.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sam_Watson_(climber)Sam Watson (climber) - Wikipedia

    Samuel Watson (born February 27, 2006) [1] is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition speed climbing and represents the United States at IFSC Climbing World Cups. He holds the world record for the discipline at 4.74 seconds, accomplished at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris , France, where he took a bronze medal.

  4. apnews.com › article › 2024-olympics-sam-watsonOlympic sport climbing: Sam Watson leaves with record, no ...

    Aug 8, 2024 · Sam Watson is leaving the Paris Games with another world record but without the Olympic gold medal. The American broke the sport climbing speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the Paris Olympics.

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  6. olympics.com › en › newsSam Watson breaks own world record in Speed climbing to reach ...

    Aug 6, 2024 · USA’s Sam Watson broke his own Speed world record on his way to the quarter-finals of the sport climbing event at Paris 2024. Just moments after Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo matched the record of 4.79 seconds in the seeding round, 18-year-old Watson went 0.04s quicker in the elimination heats as a sublime world record of 4.75s helped him ...

  7. apnews.com › article › 2024-olympics-world-recordOlympic sport climbing: Sam Watson breaks climbing world ...

    Aug 6, 2024 · American Sam Watson had mixed feelings after he broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics. He accomplished the feat in an elimination heat against American teammate Zach Hammer.

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  8. www.teamusa.com › news › 2024Team USA | Sam Watson Is The Fastest Climber In The World ...

    Aug 8, 2024 · Coming into the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Team USA’s Sam Watson was holding the world record with a time of 4.79 — the second athlete to go under 5 seconds, after Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo clocked 4.984 in a world cup semifinal and then 4.900 in the final.

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  10. www.youtube.com › watchUSA's Sam Watson ascends to WORLD RECORD in men's speed ...

    In Sam Watson's elimination heat against fellow American Zach Hammer, he ascended the wall in 4.75 seconds, 0.04 seconds faster than the world record — the o...

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