She’s won eight World Championships, 41 World Cups, and Olympic gold in Tokyo – but still Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret continues to strive for greater heights… even on one foot.
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00:00It looks like an intricate puzzle, but it's a puzzle that Olympic gold medalist Janja Garnbred has already solved in her mind.
00:08Each step is a calculated dance with the wall.
00:12Yeah, basically I feel the moves, I feel the momentum and I just follow it.
00:18I just follow my instincts and I just like go with the flow and that has always been my thing,
00:23like just going with the flow, just feeling the holds, feeling the movement and then my body just follows.
00:29Her rise began in 2016 when at 17 she topped the IFSC World Cup.
00:34Since then she has won 8 World Championship medals, 41 World Cups and Olympic gold in Tokyo.
00:41Despite her remarkable success, she trains as if she's never tasted victory.
00:46I don't like let success define me. I know that I need to still keep working hard to be the best.
00:53Garnbred is determined to win her second gold medal in Paris, aiming to maintain her status as the sports only female champion.
01:03Her recent victory at the Innsbruck 43rd World Cup served as a test of what's to come in the French capital.