{"id":365845,"date":"2024-02-07T01:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=365845"},"modified":"2024-02-07T03:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T03:03:09","slug":"aussie-spiderman-snares-ticket-to-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=365845","title":{"rendered":"Aussie 'Spiderman' snares ticket to Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Australia's\ufeff newest Olympic<\/a> "Spiderman".<\/p>\n

That's how Australian Olympic team\ufeff chef de mission Anna Meares<\/a> described Campbell Harrison at a selection announcement on Wednesday, where the Melburnian received his ticket to Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harrison, a 26-year-old from the Melbourne suburb of Seaford, and Oceana Mackenzie, a 21-year-old from Warrandyte in Victoria, will contest one of the newest Olympic sports in Paris.<\/p>\n

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While Mackenzie featured in Tokyo as sport climbing made its Olympic debut, Harrison is set for his first Olympic appearance.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I think climbing has a lot to offer the world of sport and beyond and I can't wait for more people to discover that," Harrison said.<\/p>\n

"I hope that many more people are able to see what a great spectator sport can be and that they might even want to try it out themselves.<\/p>\n

\"Campbell<\/p>\n

"Climbing never gets old. There's always something else you can try, new ways to train and entirely new goals to set your sights on. I also love the way that climbing is something I can share with the people I love, regardless of skill level, because there's always something in the gym or at the crag for everyone."<\/p>\n

\ufeffHarrison and Mackenzie will compete in the lead\/boulder event in Paris. Lead requires athletes to climb as high as they can in six minutes on a wall that's taller than 15 metres, whereas in boulder they're tasked with climbing 4.5-metre walls without ropes. They have a limited period of time and have to do it in the fewest attempts possible.<\/p>\n

Sport climbing was one of four sports that made their Olympic debuts in Tokyo, along with karate, skateboarding and surfing.<\/p>\n

"I love the feeling of working something that feels so physically and mentally hard," Mackenzie said.<\/p>\n

"Climbing is also so diverse in its movements, which I love. Learning new moves every session \u2014 it's very addictive."<\/p>\n

\"Oceana<\/p>\n

Harrison gave an insight into his training.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"The majority of climbing, as a very skill-based sport, is time spent on the wall," he said.<\/p>\n

"So you're trying to get access to as many different terrains or as many different routes and boulders as possible, so that when you get to the competition on the day you're able to respond really quickly and really instinctually to whatever has been presented in front of you.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"And then a lot of training for climbing looks like your traditional weightlifting and just trying to keep your body fit\ufeff. Keeping our fingers strong and injury-free is a unique aspect of our training, as well.<\/p>\n

"I think in a lot of ways it's very similar to some more established Olympic sports, but then we've got these very unique skill-based aspects that have to be really honed to a very natural and instinctual level."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Australia's\ufeff newest Olympic "Spiderman". That's how Australian Olympic team\ufeff chef de mission Anna Meares described Campbell Harrison at a selection announcement on Wednesday, where […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365850,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365845\/revisions\/365850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/365847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}