Profile: Champion climber Pan Yufei's battle with pain, self-doubt

by sportswriters Yue Wenwan, Wang Qin'ou and Wang Meng

WUHAN, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- At 24, two-time Olympian Pan Yufei has scaled his way to numerous climbing titles in China. Yet, it has been a long time since he felt the kind of sharp pain that comes from pushing his body to the extreme - until recently.

UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE

During the men's lead final of the 31st National Climbing Championship he