LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Two world records, an Olympic gold medal.

Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw crowned her dominant performance at the Paris Games by winning the gold medal in women’s speed climbing on Wednesday.

It was her first Olympic medal after narrowly missing the podium with fourth place in Tokyo three years ago.

The gold came two days after they twice won the Women’s world recordwhich is now at 6.06 seconds.

“This means a lot to me,” said Miroslaw. “It’s my first time speed climbing and it’s my first time here too. I have my flag and I stood on the podium and heard my national anthem. It was just incredible.”

She won the final in 6.10 seconds, beating the time of silver medalist Deng Lijuan of China of 6.18 seconds. Aleksandra Kalucka of Poland won bronze.

“It was a close final,” said Miroslaw, who won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. “I just focused on myself and my run. I didn’t look to the right side, at the times, I just focused on myself.”

American Emma Hunt, the silver medalist at last year’s World Championships, had no chance of a medal after a slip-up in the quarterfinals.

“I was just thinking too much and not being in the here and now. And that’s what I’m taking away from it,” Hunt said. “And I’m going to try to be more present in the future.”

Hunt’s teammate Sam Watson is considered the favorite in the men’s speed competition on Thursday. He is the world record holder in this discipline.

At the Tokyo Olympics, Miroslaw broke the women’s world record for the first time and has done so nine more times since then.

Sport climbing made its debut in Tokyo with a combination of speed, bouldering and lead. In Paris there was one medal for speed and another for bouldering and lead.

“That doesn’t mean it was easier,” said 30-year-old Miroslaw. “But after Tokyo, I just focused on the Olympic Games in Paris and on doing my job as well as I could.”

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