WORLD CUP SILVER MEDAL IN SEOUL 🥈
Especially at the height of the season, at the World Cup final, a lot goes wrong… The good news is that it was still enough for a well earned second place.
Here are some impressions of the World Cup in Seoul:
Here is the article about the World Championship in Seoul by Austriaclimbing:
GOLD AND TWICE SILVER! PARA-ClIMBERS TAKING HOME MULTIPLE MEDALS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSSHIP.
Erster Tag mit Medaillenentscheidungen bei der Kletter-WM in Seoul (KOR), erste Medaillen für Österreich! Die rot-weiß-roten Para-Climber:innen räumen ab und holen durch Angelino Zeller, Markus Pösendorfer und Linda Le Bon eine Gold- und zwei Silbermedaillen.
First day with medal decisions at the World Climbing Championships in Seoul (KOR), first medals for Austria! The red-white-red para-climbers are getting one gold and two silver medals through Angelino Zeller, Markus Pösendorfer and Linda Le Bon.
[…] World Cup silver as another milestone
Linda Le Bon was allowed to cheer on her first World Cup medal – at least in para-climbing. The 61-year-old reached 37+ grips in the final and cheered over the silver medal behind the American Seneida Biendarra (53 grips).
Le Bon experienced a wave pool of emotions. After her departure from the wall, she was bitterly disappointed, but was in second place until the last athlete (Biendarra). An objection to the preliminary result of the German Luisa Grube, who was initially scored with 38 grips, provided silver instead of bronze. “On the wall, I had the feeling that I had not come close to getting everything out. That’s why I was disappointed at first, I thought it would be fourth place,” says Le Bon.
Only with some distance did she realize what she had achieved. “This silver medal shines especially beautifully. I’m still young and have a few years ahead of me. In any case, I’m not running out of goals.
For Le Bon, it is another milestone. The Belgian-born, who moved to Austria in 2010, climbed 16 times as a trainer in the Belgian military the summit of Mont Blanc and the 8,201 m high Cho Oyu without artificial oxygen. After her diagnosis of macular degeneration, she won two World Cup silver medals in para-skiing for Belgium and participated in the 2022 Winter Paralympics. After a serious knee injury, she then switched to para-climbing and quickly celebrated success, at the last World Cup two years ago in Bern she took fourth place. Meanwhile, she lives with assistance dog “Buddy” in Rif near Hallein.
Report on the World Championship in Seoul: https://www.austriaclimbing.com/detail/artikel/gold-und-zweimal-silber-para-climberinnen-raeumen-bei-der-wm-ab.html