Santa Cruz native Natalia Grossman falls short of making Women’s Combined climbing final

Team USA’s Natalia Grossman and Brooke Raboutou, among the 20 women’s Combined climbers who competed in the Boulder round on Tuesday at the 2024 Summer Olympics, returned to complete their scores in the Lead round Thursday in Le Bourget, France.

Grossman, a Santa Cruz native, earned 39.1 points in the Lead round, giving her a Combined total of 108.3. Unfortunately, that gave her a ranking of 11th place, just a few spaces outside of finals.

Raboutou earned 72.1 points in the Lead round, for a Combined total of 155.8 and a third place ranking, which advanced her to the Women’s Combined final on Saturday.

“I just want to go out there and give everything I have, be present in the moment and determined, and no holding back,” Raboutou told usaclimbing.org.

Grossman and Raboutou finished fifth and third, respectively, in Tuesday’s Boulder round.

USAclimbing.org contributed to this report.