Sport climbing: Mori, 18, bests Garnbret for 1st lead World Cup title

Japan's 18-year-old Ai Mori won her first climbing World Cup event Saturday in women's lead competition in Koper, Slovenia, denying unbeaten Slovene Janja Garnbret her fifth straight win this season.Mori, who failed to qualify for last year's Tokyo Olympics, was Japan's only women's finalist. She reached 30+ to beat Olympic champion Garnbret's 27+. American Brooke Raboutou was third at 23+.Garnbret was the only climber to reach the top on the semifinal wall, with Mori, the five-time Japan Cup lead champion, next closest, at 45+, to reach the eight-woman final.Slovene Luka Potocar won the me…READ FULL ARTICLE