Poles win gold, silver at European Climbing Championships

Poland's Natalia Kałucka clinched the women's speed climbing title at the European Climbing Championships in Villars, Switzerland, with fellow Pole Patrycja Chudziak securing the silver.

Natalia Kałucka

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The 22-year-old Kałucka scaled the 15-metre wall in 6.98 seconds in the final race to become European champion, while Chudziak finished runner-up.

Italy's Giulia Randi took the bronze in the competition on August 29.

Poland 🇵🇱 and Italy 🇮🇹 dominated Speed finals at the European Championships in Villars, taking one gold medal each and five out of six medals overall!#WorldClimbing #VillarsECH

— International Federation of Sport Climbing (@ifsclimbing) August 29, 2024

Polish Olympic champion Aleksandra Mirosław, who holds the world record for women's speed climbing at 6.06 seconds, did not compete in Villars.

Aleksandra Kałucka, Natalia's twin sister and bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, also missed the European Climbing Championships, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Natalia Kałucka mistrzynią, a Patrycja Chudziak wicemistrzynią Europy we wspinaczce na czas! ⏱️

Nawet pod nieobecność medalistek olimpijskich Aleksandry Mirosław i Aleksandry Kałuckiej, Polki rządzą na Starym Kontynencie! 🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/mI7Ro77lhE

— TVP SPORT (@sport_tvppl) August 29, 2024

In June last year, Natalia Kałucka won the women's speed climbing event at the European Games in Poland.

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Source: IAR, PAP