Janja Garnbret addresses eating disorders

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Janja Garnbret and other sport climbers at 2024 Olympics try to tackle ‘taboo’ of eating disorders

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Sport climbing star Janja Garnbret speaks out after hearing young girls talk about how they could climb faster if they dropped weight.

Eating disorders have long been a part of sport climbing, which made its Olympic debut in Tokyo .

Athletes have to fill out questionnaires about their health parameters, including weight, heart rate and blood pressure.

U.S. climber Melina Costanza detailed her personal struggle on Instagram in 2022 .

Klingler : "Even I would say at some point or some period of my time I had an eating disorder" Garnbret calls for more discussion about eating disorders at the youth level of the sport.

Klingler said it affected her to see athletes suddenly doing “super well, getting all the attention and getting sponsors”.

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