EP 231: Colin Duffy (Olympian) — His Journey as a 2x Olympian, Comp Scoring & Strategy, & Future Outdoor Goals

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Colin Duffy is a 2x Olympian, 3x World Cup winner, and V16 boulderer from Colorado. We talked about puzzles, studying applied math, early competitions, joining Team ABC, getting 70th in his first open event, learning how to lose gracefully, qualifying and competing in Tokyo, how the Olympic scoring has changed, his strategy for Paris, future outdoor rock climbing goals, and much more!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast. This is your host, Stephen Dimmit. The Olympics are underway over in Paris, and my guest today will be competing in about a week's time. Climbing takes place August 5th through 10th, so be sure to tune in. It'll be really exciting to watch. My guest today is Colin Duffy.
0:21.2	Colin is a two-time Olympian. He's a three-time World Cup gold medalist at the time of this
0:26.5	recording. He's won gold in both bouldering and lead disciplines. He's also a V-16 boulder. He
0:33.3	recently did the second ascent of a boulder called bookkeeping in colorado which was put up by
0:38.0	drew ruwana and yeah Colin's a really impressive guy he was the youngest climber to qualify for
0:44.2	the Tokyo Olympics he was only 16 years old when he qualified for Tokyo he is 20 years old now
0:50.3	from broomsfield colorado and we'll be representing the United States. And I really enjoyed
0:55.8	talking to Colin. I'd never spoken with him before this interview. It was really fun to get to know him.
1:00.3	We talked about everything from his upbringing to his early competitions, his journey to Tokyo,
1:06.5	his experience in Tokyo, how the scoring and the format have changed for Paris and his strategy for
1:11.9	Paris, some of his outdoor climbing goals and some of the things he wants to do outside of
1:16.9	competition, and a lot more. I hope you guys enjoy this one. I've got one more Olympian coming up
1:22.7	in this Olympic series, and if you've been enjoying these episodes, and if you're listening to
1:27.2	this while you're watching the games and you're excited to learn more about all these athletes, I've had quite a few Olympians on the show so far this year. Brooke Rabbitoo was on the show to kick off the year. Jesse Gruber was on earlier this year and Jakububert as well. He'll be competing for Team Austria again. So yeah, if you're new to the show and
1:45.5	you're checking it out because of the Olympics or if you're just interested in more episodes with
1:50.3	Olympians, those are a handful of episodes for you to check out. I'll put links to all of them
1:55.2	and the show notes for this episode at the Nuggetclimbing.com. Once again, climbing takes place August 5th through 10th, so be sure to tune in and support
2:06.2	and cheer for all of these amazing athletes.
2:08.9	And without further ado, please enjoy Colin Duffy.
2:13.9	Cause, cast, cast.
2:15.6	No one can do it like we do it, like we do it, like we do it like we do it like we do it like we do it.
2:23.3	Colin Duffy, welcome to the show.
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