Climbers at the Queensland Bouldering Titles have put their skills to the test on the Sunshine Coast

Athletes competing in the Queensland State Bouldering titles have had the chance to compete against the states best over the weekend.

Some of the state's best climbers were looking to get a fingerhold on a Tokyo Olympics berth as they battled it out on the Sunshine Coast.

The Queensland State Bouldering Titles were held at new climbing gym Flow Bouldering over the weekend.

The sport is set to be debuted at this year's Tokyo Games, less than 80 days away, which meant the stakes were raised over the weekend.

The event came to a close on Sunday with Australian Olympic qualifying athlete Tom O'Halloran taking out the Open A's competition and local Matt Fingleton winning the Masters division.

Fingleton closed out the Masters Male category topping three of the four final problems to walk away victorious.

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O'Halloran, who travelled from the Blue Mountains to compete in the event, narrowly beat Queensland Champion Sam Bowman by a single attempt.

He said it was great to be back competing and even better for the event to be held at the new Coast gym.

"I grew up in Brisbane and loved the outdoor climbing in the area, but this was the first time I have competed in Queensland in 10 years," he said.

 

"It was great to come up and check out the Sunshine Coast's new gym."

Sam Bowman said it was an extremely fierce competition across the two days.

"This was the toughest Queensland State Bouldering competition I've ever competed in," he said.

The Open A Female champion was awarded to Sarah Reynolds who said she really enjoyed the challenge and final problems presented.

The sport of bouldering requires competitors to attempt and conquer specially-prepared climbs on walls up to 4.5m.

Climbers are unassisted by ropes or harnesses and have to use physicality and problem solving to complete each route.

The problems set for the 2021 Queensland Bouldering titles were particularly challenging with some final problems going 'un-sent' by any of the elite athletes.

Competitors over Saturday and Sunday relished the return of climbing competitions after the long break due to COVID-19.

Climbers would next compete in Brisbane at the Urban Xtreme competition in July.