Poland's Mirosław breaks women's world speed climbing record

Poland's Aleksandra Mirosław broke the women's world record for speed climbing by 0.01 seconds at an Olympic qualifying competition in Rome on Friday.

Aleksandra Mirosław.

Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

The 29-year-old Pole reached the top of a 15-metre wall in 6.24 seconds in the Italian capital, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

SHE DID IT AGAIN!@OlaMiroslaw 🇵🇱 trims one more hundredth of a second off the women’s Speed world record in Rome!@PolandClimbing | #IFSC #SportClimbing #RomeEUQ #ClimbToParis pic.twitter.com/UNnS4IRFMa

— International Federation of Sport Climbing (@ifsclimbing) September 15, 2023

She improved on her previous world record of 6.25 seconds that she set in April, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Aleksandra Mirosław 🇵🇱🧗‍♀️ dała popis w eliminacjach - Polka znów POBIŁA REKORD ŚWIATA - wieczorem zawodyhttps://t.co/77RyEMgNFc

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) September 15, 2023

Mirosław finished fourth in the women's climbing competition at the Tokyo Games in 2021, narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal.

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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl