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Adam Ondra
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Quotes by Adam Ondra
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Bouldering on real rock, which I'm more used to climbing on, is a lot more static and requires mostly finger power, whereas competition-style boulder problems are about coordination.
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For the Olympics, I'm mostly training in the gym, so I'm running laps on the standard speed wall.
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When I was young, I loved the feeling of escaping to the rocks on a Friday afternoon with my parents.
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Even though Czech food is traditionally a bit heavy, especially for a climber, I can't resist some dishes: sveckova, for example, is beef in a creamy sauce with celery and dumplings. It's probably fortunate that I don't know how to cook it myself.
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I started climbing thanks to my parents, who have been going with me on the rocks since I was a baby.
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Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.
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I think climbing deserves to be an Olympic sport, as it is one of the few natural movements - like swimming or running, things that people have been doing for a thousand years.
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