The Men's Olympic Qualifiers: A Photo Gallery of Climbing's Debut in Tokyo
Men's Qualifications: Our on-site photographers John Glassberg and Jess Talley captured climbing's Olympians on the very first event.
Published August 3, 2021 11:48AM
This photo gallery is part of our ongoing coverage of the 2020 Olympic Games. For our full package of Olympic coverage as it happens, plus a print subscription to Climbing, join us with a membership, now available at half off. For just $2 a month you get access to all of our extensive Olympic coverage, plus a year of Climbing in print, and the bonus edition of Ascent, our annual coffee-table edition of climbing’s finest writing, art and photography.Ondra figuring it out in the men’s qualifier. Ondra, a favorite for the podium, would place 3rd in Bouldering. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Michael and Bassa Mawem, both of France, and brothers, heading into qualifiers. Michael, in front, would finish first. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Team USA athlete Nathaniel Coleman feeling good in Lead qualifiers. He’d top out in 5th place. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Jongwon Chon, the South Korean legend, giving it his all in the Bouldering round. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Colin Duffy, of Team USA, putting in a performance of a lifetime on the men’s qualification Lead route. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11On the biggest stage climbing has ever reached: Nathaniel Coleman (right) battles the clock with Alex Megos (left). Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Tomoa Narasaki, of Japan, finished the day in second place. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11
Team USA Head Coach, Josh Larson, arrives for the men’s qualifier. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11Jakob Schubert, of Austria, placed 1st in Lead. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11
Jan Hojer, of Germany, working hard on the men’s boulders. He would place 9th in Bouldering. Photo: Jon Glassberg / Jess Talley / Louder Than 11
