Sport climbing medal hopeful Seo Chae-hyun finished sixth in the women's combined event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, unable to rally for a podium finish after falling behind the pack early in the competition. Seo scored 105.0 points from the bouldering and lead events at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, north of Paris. She ranked fourth among eight finalists in lead with 76.1 points in the afternoon, after finishing last in the morning's bouldering session with 28.9 points. Seo had squeezed into the final as the eighth and final qualifier from the semifinals Thursday. She finished 0.8 point ahead of Miho Nonaka of Japan. As had been the case in the semifinals, Seo struggled in bouldering in the final and couldn't quite make up ground in lead. Seo made her Olympic debut at the 2021 Tokyo Games, where sport climbing also made its first appearance. The combined event featured the bouldering, lead and speed disciplines, and Seo, who had difficulty in speed, finished eighth. For Paris, th e speed discipline was contested as a separate event. Seo, world No. 3 in lead and No. 18 in bouldering, was regarded as a medal contender but ended up 42.4 points back of the bronze medal winner, Jessica Pilz of Austria. Janja Garnbret of Slovenia won her second straight gold medal with 168.5 points. Brooke Raboutou of the United States took silver with 156.0 points. Source: Yonhap News Agency
