American Sam Watson breaks his own sport climbing world record at Paris Olympics

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — American Sam Watson broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

Watson set the time of 4.75 seconds in an elimination heat to improve his mark of 4.79 from the Wujiang World Cup in April.

Leonardo Veddriq of Indonesia had equaled Watson's previous mark earlier in the day.

Athletes have found fast walls at the sport climbing venue and have been setting several personal and Olympic records.

On Monday, Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland twice broke her own sport climbing world record in the women’s speed. The new mark for the women's competition is 6.06 seconds.

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